I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.

I will roar argon into chlorine, xenon into fluorine, all the noble gases into reactive ones My lament will terrify even the stars.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, “Never give up hope, spring will come.”

Never give up hope, spring will come.

Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, "Never give up hope, spring will come.

My breathe would catch at the sight of violets-so common in the woods at home, so surprising in the mountains. The violet's message was "Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in." p264

Other flowers came at the end of the summer, but by then the winter sadness had already dissipated, and the effect of the blooms was not the same.

You are significantly more likely to die in a car accident, especially if you fail to wear a seat belt, than to be attacked by ISIS. Wear your seat belt

Around, around the sun we go:The moon goes round the earth.We do not die of death:We die of vertigo.

It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history.

I must turn myself around so that I am viewing life as my prospects see it. Only then can I start addressing their issues, help to prevent their pain, and advise on solutions to their problems.

I'll tell you right now, a ghoul's hunger is true hell.

I teach that all men are mad.

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Anorexia is a disease that happens to people, mostly women and girls, who have obsessive, perfectionist personalities.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.