How mighty, how great the One must be, I thought, to send the heavens careening, and yet hear the cry of a single heart.

God has a story to tell about you. A major part of it is you telling yours.

And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might be encased in one mortal chamber.

I was beloved. I had been hoped for. Somehow, I was necessary.

The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and familiar -- and so very sad: What is this you have done?

I wonder now if [the gods] take from us that which we love so we must seek them, if only to scavenge for meaning in this existence.

For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to learn that its water is salt.

It’s funny how books can change you. You open up a book and one minute you are who you’ve always been, then you read some random passage and you become someone else.

I have a very, very good life. I'm grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future.

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

When you're actually filming, there are times when you get access to places you'd never get to see.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.

Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultivate first of all.

You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?

Of my infancy I can speak little, only I do remember that in the fourth year of my age I had the measles.