For people who are not on a particular social networking site, it can seem like you're not even living on the same planet— you're essentially not functioning in the same frame.

A generation is not defined by the options it has but by the choices it makes.

The internet in general and social networking sites in particular are making people more reclusive than social.

The truly unsettling thing about being a woman was needing a man to realise one's full potential

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.

In these days half our diseases come from neglect of the body in overwork of the brain.

The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.

The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.