What family doesn't have its ups and downs?

Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.

I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. “God do this, God don’t do that.” I thought God probably laughed at them too, unless He was a little annoyed by their temerity.

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even it

Culture is what we choose to repeat.

Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King.” And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet.

And there he lay in his bed, a broken man, worn out by a way of life which had been thrust upon him because of the antics of a wayward pig.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Losing path is a magic! If you can enjoy with the unknown path, you shall find the exit much quicker!

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

My philosophy is my learning process. Until you die, you must evolve and improve.

I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist.

One of the most impressive features of brains - and especially human brains - is the flexibility to learn almost any kind of task that comes its way.

When we look at how, constitutionally, only Congress can declare war, and that is routinely ignored. Not NATO or the UN, but Congress has to authorize these endless wars, and it isn't.

Men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will soon follow. -Lady Whistledown

The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.

When I'm single, I'm one guy, and when I'm in a relationship I'm totally another. They're both a good time.