I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.

Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?

But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

You learn to move on without the people you love.

When you do away with God you become your own god, because you recognise no greater power in the universe than yourself.

The hardest thing on earth is to know the ways of men and still manage to be in good spirits.

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.

Socrates' way of life is the consequence of his recognition that we can know what it is that we do not know about the most important things and that we are by nature obliged to seek that knowledge.

Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.

I love to relax. It's my favorite thing in the world. I am very good at being like a grandma and staying in and watching Game of Thrones or a movie. I think I could do that every night.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

The last thing my mother said to me was, 'SuSu, your life is a celebration of everything that is cheap and tawdry.' I've always liked that, and I've always tried to live up to it.

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.