Stun settings are for people who can't commit.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

As he pulls away from her, his gaze meets mine, and we stare at each other for one long moment before I slowly raise my left hand and give him the middle finger.

In writing I am seduced by the sound of words and by the interaction of their sound and sense.

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made.

We have time enough if we but use it aright

I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

I don't know Who is cranking; I'm pleased He doesn't stop.

With men, we blame the victim. We blame men because we have camouflaged men's victimization by teaching men to also be the victimizer. Men's victimizer status camouflages men's victim status.