Every thought of God is prayer.

What am I doing? Nothing. I am letting life rain upon me.

a mother is God's deputy on earth.

Hope for forces which you do not yet have. That is what is most impossible, and nevertheless possible.

Hope for forces which you do not yet have.

You are never really with a person unless you are alone with him.

It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every sunrise ...

Because I'm your mother, that's why.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

My readership seems to be the sensitive people, for the most part. Then there are the occasional fans who are like, "Ah, video games!"

Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.

Nature is not a temple, but a ruin. A beautiful ruin, but a ruin all the same.

A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences.

I am really excited that we have Jemaine Clement in the show [X-men], because I freakin' love Flight of the Concords. It was so exciting to work with him.

History is no criminal court

The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.