[Based upon the message of "nothing new under the sun" in Ecclesiastes, ] If nothing ever changes, then God has no plan.

Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is.

The two of them looked so comfortable together it made Nico glad. But it also it caused an ache in his heart – a ghostly pain, like an old war wound throbbing in bad weather.

A spectacularly foolish and baseless faith, against enormous odds, that a world you do not control will not take from you the one thing you cannot bare to lose.

Are you asking because you really want an answer?

What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist?

I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night.

Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.

[The Women's Room] is one of those pieces of fiction that reveals itself in a different way every time. It's incredible.

... every experience in life enriches one's background and should teach valuable lessons.

I say, ‘You should blanket me’ or ‘you should blanket her’, meaning like a blanket is a blessing. It’s a way of showing love and caring.

The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'