It’s true: A slice of pound cake does wonders to thaw the coldest of days.

There are many dreams in a lifetime – dreams that flourish or flounder for reasons much more complex than can be pinned down to any one person or situation.

The contortions of the gargoyles were the only therapy we had.

The easy truth is as much a lie as any.

There’s no such thing as half family.

Leadership begins by asking how you can make things better?

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.

Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can come close to the joy of being with loved ones in person.

There was some justice in his pain

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasant waters for our old age.

I don't want to make it sound like a hotbed of lesbianism but I did have a number of relationships.

In my situation, frankly, I'm a bit institutionalised - this [the embassy] is the world .. it's visually the world [for me].

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.

It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.