And who is to say the truth can’t be a miracle?

they were forbidden words, laced with the fear of transgression and sin.

I’m not a rebel. I was sent here to protect, not to harm.

Those that know, do not need explanations, and those that do not, would not understand any explanations.

It doesn't seem to make any sense, but then it never does! It's usually only afterwards when the pieces finally fit together, that you're left standing there thinking how obvious it always was.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity; both being equally subject to change.

Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.

You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together.