Pardon me, dear human self, capable of the most heinous degradation, capable of soaring.

Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.

If you remembered somebody was as real as yourself, how could you kill anybody?

But I marry myself. I take my fate as within.

Great minds may have cold hearts. Form but no color. It is an incompleteness. And so they are afraid of any woman who both thinks and feels deeply.

That's the way it is in life. You let go of what is beautiful and unique. You pursue something new and don't even know that the wind of your own running is a thief.

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?

Is it not the case that many a life journey starts out in the opposite direction to its destiny?

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap.

I'm sorry to burden you,' she said. She felt like a crybaby. 'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?

She seemed imprisoned in her sadness.

Most of my money remains in England, although my unworthy carcass may not under usual circumstances ...

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the 'global mind' without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life?

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

They [her parents] still highly encourage me to come home ... but, it's every time I go home I can tell they're disappointed in me, and that for me is kind of hard.

Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.

I've heard it said that if you know English, Spanish, Italian, and I think it's French, you can go just about anywhere in this world...except for China where they have all those derelicts.

If I can use my platform to affect change in gender, as I can in race, then I think I can have an impact.

There is one simplification at least. Electrons behave ... in exactly the same way as photons; they are both screwy, but in exactly in the same way.

I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology that old nowadays, it would look like old Hollywood.