Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.

She was afraid of not being able to pull herself out of the dream world, never waking up, never knowing what really happened, never realizing her goals, her hopes, her dreams.

She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.

As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.

In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter.

This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.

You can only rise so far by climbing on others’ shoulders, you know.

In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.

It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might make.

The worst kind of victim was the kind that was aware of nothing.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

The kind of woman whose goodness is oppressive

you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.

Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy. -Miss Havisham

Death--some form of termination--is the universal ending of all living things; but only man, by virtue of his verbally reportable introspective life, can conceptualize his own cessation.

There's no believing in God...We either know God, or we don't.

Forgiveness is the only way to heal

. . . Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.

Truth can hurt so very much.

I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you.