The gods, not out of mercy, have made me strong.

I was with book, as a woman is with child.

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake.

the Divine Nature wounds and perhaps destroys us merely by being what it is.

It may well be that by trickery of priests men have sometimes taken a mortal's voice for a god's. But it will not work the other way. No one who hears a god's voice takes it for a man's.

Don't you think a dream would feel shy if it were seen walking about in the waking world?

...true wisdom is the skill and practice of death.

I could mend my soul no more than my face. Unless the gods helped. And why did the gods not help?

How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?

Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?

It is the gods who have been accused. They have answered her. If they in turn accuse her, a greater judge and a more excellent court must try the case.

Writing a book is a herculean task, but the toughest thing is to get convinced with your work, and finally give it a green signal.

Everyone was busy down in the town streets. Some are searching for wealth, others seeking glory. Some want to be become famous, while others want to be worthy…it’s a rotten world actually.

In America, racism exists but racists are all gone.

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.

You must choose a road for yourself.

Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase - 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.' It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

I can't do anything with what's happened in the past. I have to just go forward with the most awareness I can going forward and trying to be the best I can be for our team.