One of the troubles of our times is that we are all, I think, precocious as personalities and backward as characters.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

I can no longer trust in this loveIt has fallen like the saints aboveAll because of your sweet liesYou sang them like a lullaby"Phoenix

I am trying my hardest to stay away from the horror movies just because I feel like people are thinking that's what I do, that I'm a scream queen. I'd like to stay away from that.

You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually.

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

I've always been a big fan of Phillip Lim. He'll always be a favorite of mine.

With fantasy and sci-fi, it's based in a real fandom. You're presenting to experts, and their source material is really important to them.

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

There is so much data available to us, but most data won't help us succeed.

It's relatively simple. If we're not getting more, better, faster than they are getting more, better, faster, then we're getting less, no better or more worse.

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.