Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.

I needed her to stop. Needed not to hear the pain in her voice--to see the way she was twisting the pocketbook strap. If she kept talking, she might break down and tell me everything.

If I could just write it down in a piece of paper, then maybe she could get a decent night's sleep, eat a little of her dinner. Maybe she could have a minute's worth of peace.

Don’t look on in awe, emulate your idols and become one in the process.

Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling.""I didn't mean no harm, " I said and kissed her. "That a new dress?""Ah! Changing the subject, you coward.

What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself.

There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.

In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough.

People don't want to see the guy next door on the stage, they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.

If managing were simple, why do the majority of businesses fail? If physicians had the same success rate as executives, the medical schools would have been shuttered long ago.

Once you have a history together, it's just another love for life. Everything is easier. It is just easier to live.

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.