Doubt is an acceptable risk for happiness.

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust.That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

Truces may stop the battles, but part of you will always feel like you're at war.

It's hard to think of such things when you are busy dreaming or loving or screwing. The context falls away.

I'm sorry, " he says. "I don't usually like people. So when I do, part of me is really amused and the other part refuses to believe it's happening.

As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? he asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.

What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread

Dreaming and loving and screwing. None of these are identities. Maybe when other people look at us, but not to ourselves. We are so much more complicated than that.

So what’s your story?” Ryan asks.Avery looks up at him, hand still in the water. “My story?”“Yeah. Everybody has at least one.

One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.

I wonder why when I told him that my chest still ached even though I had finally told him how I felt, he said, "So you finally realize how I've felt these past three years?" and laughed.

Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.

His Majesty's dominions on which the sun never sets.

Conservatism is the worship of dead revolutions.

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.

Anger without power is folly.

I would make sweet love to Don Rickles.

I love corduroys , because they are really comfy and they're cozier than jeans. They come in nice autumn hues - colors that you can have fun with.

I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.