Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality.

One of the first rules the Emperor had drummed into her [Mara Jade] so long ago was to blend in as best she could with her surroundings

Employment is slavery. Workers merely have a choice over where to serve their daily eight-hour sentence.

I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything.

It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.

The love of indulgence is rooted in the depths of a man's heart. His soul would prefer to share the excessive and unrestrained; but his soul cannot love.

The lowest-hanging fruit in preventative medicine is just to really focus on nutrition.

Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.