I hate unbreakable alibis--they are usually the first to crack. --Hugo Anstead

Awareness, like wine, is always better for the vintage.--Hugo Anstead

It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.

Make the difficult habitual, the habitual easy, and the easy beautiful.

Sadness makes you notice the goodness.

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

Every visible and invisible creature is an appearance of God.

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.

Sacred texts always offend reason.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

I take losses very personal and very serious.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.