But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.

Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.

in the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses.

Change is the hallmark of nature. Nothing remains the same.

The worst happens, and life still goes on.

Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.

I could have drowned today. If they hadn’t been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn’t woken up, I would have drowned.

Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.

What sets us against one another is not our aims - they all come to the same thing - but our methods, which are the fruit of our varied reasoning.

A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to hurt.

My team in Orlando was a team full of people who nobody wanted, and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face.

I'd go down in history for being the most revealing nun ever!

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.

Think about what kind of person you are and shape your habits, and your happiness, to show what's true about you instead of thinking that you can just import the right answer from the outside.

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.