The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.

The thunder of love is unassailable.

You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.

I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.

Soon, all the children were chanting it. “No school! No school!

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

I believe we all want the same thing - it doesn't matter who you are or where you're living. We all want to be healthy, happy, to live in peace and prosper. That's what I connect to.

Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.” “Blood isn’t love,” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.

Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering.

I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again.

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.

It's better to face some problems as soon as you can.