It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?

Knowing without seeing is at the heart of chemistry.

Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.

From a chemist's point of view, the surface or interior of a star…is boring—there are no molecules there.

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.

I learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it.

Long time ago I had this thing called hope, but like I said it was long ago

I used to work extremely hard and didn't really achieve a lot of tangible things. But when I started working extremely smart, the gates of abundant blessings opened up for me.

I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.

It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.

I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.

With music, I wasn't curious anymore. There was no dialogue. By the time I stopped, I knew it wasn't going to be gone forever, but it just wasn't the right time for me to care about that.

When you find yourself on a plateau, look for another level.

We cannot deny that people are suffering, and they are making that suffering known at the ballot box.

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.