...the global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change.

We're running out of time.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.

I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.

Inspiration is not just a short-term momentum. It could take time and generations of change to truly build a culture of creativity.

Whatever’s eating at you, let it go. Emotion leads to poor decisions. Poor decisions lead to scrutiny. Scrutiny is our greatest threat.

...it isn’t things and proximity, or even blood that holds us all together. What makes a family is love and loyalty.

...I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon...

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

With a body like he has, I want him to be a bully. But he is too nice - he is perfect son-in-law material, but I don't want a team of son-in-laws.

I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am.

Why not wear a scar of Motherhood? Better than a tattoo or a mark of Honor. Let the world know what you've achieved.

Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.