There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that.

It is our own arrogance and pride that cause pain. The more that we think that we can do anything, the less we realize our complete dependence on God, and the worse the pain becomes.

London is the most multicultural, mixed-race place on Earth.

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

When we forgive someone, the knots are untied and the past is released.

All the rich families who used to own all the British estates have gone bust because their children have blown their money.

The major way to conquer fear is to make a decision.

As your act of dedication in this world you must finally surrender your own life to a life of service.

Oh my God, I could watch Jennifer Coolidge for hours.

Every penny I've ever saved has been spent on airline tickets to different corners of the world.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

Every night I bring home flowers and burn candles. And I have a real sense that home is what starts everything inside of you.

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.

I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.

Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.

The tetrahedron was [ Buckminster Fuller's] big thing. He'd talk about it in the same way Plato talked about angles.

Tiny fists can hurt quite a lot when they hit you in the face.

We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.

The direction worth going in isn't up, down, forward, or backward. It's towards. And beyond.