First there wasn't, then there was. Before God no one was.

I felt as if I had more to learn than I had time on earth.

Be like the date that grows sweeter and sweeter, even though the soil that nourishes it is rocky and harsh

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.

There are several good protections against temptation but the surest is cowardice.

Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

There's a documentary film-maker called Werner Herzog, who's a German film-maker. I really dig his stuff, I'd love to chat with him.

I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.

To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.

Lord, let me live until I die.