The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.

Not even I can see all ends, but I have been in this world long enough to know that a choice is not choice and breeds slow ills, even were it done for the highest reasons.

The weather was clear and still, and the countless stars opened above them, seeming like brilliant cold fruits that Maerad could simply pick out of the sky.

Failure is our best teacher but fear of failure is our worst enemy.

I believe that the choice not to have a choice is a choice in itself.

The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.

... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.

Ready...set-y...spaghetti!

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.

You are five times more likely to be killed by your abuser if your abuser can get their hands on a gun. That's not a small problem.

A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.

The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world.