And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.

It's what's known as an origin myth. What happened to me? That's no myth.

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

Life without Gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim.

Adulthood’s full of ghosts... High-functioning sleepwalkers, essentially.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

The one [the logician] studies the science of drawing conclusions, the other [the mathematician] the science which draws necessary conclusions.

Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not very easy to find them these days.

One reads the papers as one wants to with a bandage over one's eyes without trying to understand the facts, listening to the soothing words of the editor as to the words of one s mistress.

In fact Plotinus thought not only that soul in general is eternal so that you always have soul, but he thought that each person's soul is eternal.

If anything, I would like to see the climate change happen, so the science could be proved right, regardless of the consequences. This isn’t being political, it is being selfish.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.