A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.

Why should neurotic, selfish, immature people suddenly become angels when they fall in love ... ?

Happiness is indeed a Eurydice, vanishing as soon as gazed upon. It can exist only in acceptance, and succumbs as soon as it is laid claim to.

Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.

Fallen myths can instill venom.

This peculiar connexion between a certain view of woman and the European conception of war has had profound consequences for morality, education, and politics.

Happiness ... can exist only in acceptance.

Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.

You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to grow.

Our fatal mistake is waiting to be motivated before we take action. Action motivates.

The vastness of possibilities in space reminded me that while my life felt important, it was tiny in the scheme of things. Human civilization was only a blink on the radar of time.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

Marriage is the basic building block of civilization. We are redefining it at our own peril.

I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.

Rose you can't go." This time the sadness in Lissa's voice was mirrored though the bond, flooding into me. "It's not that Dimitri didn't ask to see you. He asked specifically not to see you.