Garner knowledge, by any means possible

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

That which yields is not always weak.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

All knowledge is worth having

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.

To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.

This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak.

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.

I've always thought the prettiest smiles are the ones that show the most teeth.

We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up.

The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame.

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn ran the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014. He served as a top national intelligence adviser to General Stanley McChrystal in Iraq.

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream