I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiousity has its own reason for existing.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

In life you have the freedom to pursue whatever your heart desires.

What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway?

When you're sorting yourself out, family are not often the ones you can turn to. They represent the place of departure and not the place of arrival.

I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears.

We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all.

It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.

It was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.

habit is our idea of eternity.

I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine.

The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period.