Human beings *do* metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Madness, and then illumination.

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.

I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

to spoil in the borrowed time of denial is a liar to its self. and yourself, to banish the seeds of time is fruitful to be honest to one’s self.

David looked at her and smiled. "I think you have to feel comfortable being alone with yourself before you truly know who you are and can feel comfortable being yourself with others.

Words are living things.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants

Stars wishing upon the potential of humans shine faithfully on.

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-Tung.

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.

I would rather die now than to live a life of oblivious ease in so sick a world.

Astounded—and indifferent—for he was a man who, in effect, had no ‘day before’.