Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

You may not have connections, or an education, or wealth, but with enough passion and sweat, you can make anything happen.

You were born to convert the evaporating life into some impact on humanity.

The easiest way to forget about the people who are dying in wars right now is to close our eyes and ears! And this is also the ugliest and the vilest way!

he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk.

A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.'

Bill Powell is the only intelligent actor I've ever met

We are ALL broadcasters.

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him.

Keetje Kuipers' poems are daring, formally beautiful and driven by rich imagery and startling ideas.