It was hard when I knew I was about to be flooded with memories of a life I hadn't lived yet. Really, two lives I hadn't lived yet.

My bookcase is all yours."I walked to the door. "I've just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world.

He shrugs. "Doesn't help to waste my time thinking about would've-beens."Laila whispers, "He says to the girl with a mind full of them.

Because an illusion is an illusion. Reality always exists despite the facade.

One of my friends at the Compound has a photographic memory. Everything she ever sees, reads, or hears, she remembers forever in perfect detail.

i've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise.

A fool believes that the society of the future will transcend the laws of economics. A person of reason hopes that it will finally learn to respect them.

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

Conscience is its own readiest accuser.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.

But, though French, she was also very brave.