And if something is only itself, it doesn't particularly matter.

It is impossible to examine questions we refuse to ask.

And I'm probably wrong. Maybe not completely, but partially. And maybe not today, but eventually.

The practical reality is that any present-tense version of the world is unstable. What we currently consider to be true--both objectively and subjectively--is habitually provisional.

And the quality all these reasonable failures share is an inability to accept that the statue quo is temporary.

The world happens as it happens, but we construct what we remember and what we forget. And people will eventually do that to us, too.

It's difficult to cope with the infinite variety of the past, and so we apply filters and settle on a few famous names.

Do you believe in magic?, " she asked. "I believe in you, " he said. "And you're the closest thing to magic that I've found.

When the mercy of God comes into the life of a person, he increases and succeeds in all things.

Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water lap the stone posts, and vivid green slime glimmer upon them; let a boat be kept there.

Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.

The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.

But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man.

Ultimately the presence of other well known players is driving us to build a more compelling, innovative product.

A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist.

Men are always much more dignified than most women.