My kid, her life. I want for her what she wants for herself.

I'll take my chances. It has you."And when a great man says something smart like that a smart woman just shuts up.

Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.

Each person you meet influences your mental universe in a way that has the potential to make a substantial impact upon the causality of the intellectual development of an entire species.

Let your love, care, and kindness speak louder than your words.

The happiness of your life depends on which thoughts you choose to believe.

Death is most terrifying to those who have yet to live.

Treat distractions as the enemy. The internet is brilliant but it is one very efficient way of wasting your time.

She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.

One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.