Few can remember clearly when innocence came to a sudden end, the moment at which we ask for the first time: Am I loved?

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

The day is coming when your vision will become a reality

Like some winter animal the moon licks the salt of your hand, Yet still your hair foams violet as a lilac treeFrom which a small wood-owl calls.

The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have.

I ran the Boston Marathon out of love. I believe that love is the basis of all meaningful human endeavor. Yet it was a love that was incomplete until it was shared with others.

Tact is good taste in action.

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.