I paint the stuff I see when my eyes are closed

Without war there are no heroes.""What harm would that be?""Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.

You are capable of much more than you envisage.

Recalibration of the mind means clearing our perceptions and recovering our capacity for pure observation.

The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no more than my mother's angels and djinns.

Only a large-volume market like space travel can attack the barrier of high costs.

Nobody can know what's in my heart. Nobody can know what I'm thinking. I know what I've got to do.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

You both should feel honored.” “Right, very honored,” I said. “Always wanted to be possessed!

I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book.

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.