There is more time than there is expanse of the world and so any voyage at last will end.

The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.

Men and women are hard ore, we do not go to slag in a mere few seasons of forge.

...it is my belief that all of us suffer from some kind of mental instability. What would you say if I told you we all are a little crazy?

It is possible to be a great novelist - that is, to render a veracious account of your times - and a bad writer - that is, an incompetent practitioner of applied linguistics.

I have a grandson who is 20. He's a computer guy. I'm worried that he can't communicate without his machine. They have no personal contact with people. That's the bad part of technology.

I like buying iTunes. It's instant.

Those born once will die twice and those born twice will die once

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.

Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases; Lonely and wet and cold, but that I kept my dream!

Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.

I'm a slumdog philosopher.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.