I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect.

No effort is every wasted.

Extraordinary people always inspire others.

The cost of freedom is being strong enough to find the implement your own desires.

_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?

Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.

If someone had asked who could stage the best intervention with a crazy woman who had formerly been an undead monster, Sydney Sage would have been my last guess.