I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

Man's highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty.

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

Respectable people... What bastards!

Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd.

If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.

Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX.

Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

With enough libraries, all content is free.

2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.

I worked for Xerox for 4 years and after that I knew I was never going to be a corporate person. It wasn't my environment.