I think it might be nice if there was a Cosimo de' Medici around today, offering commissions to the poor, but talented artists.

I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future.

Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.

Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

There is no water and still less soap. We have no city, but lots of hope.

The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.

I believe we're entering a new era, where dynamic female leaders will have an opportunity to bring greater harmony and peace to the planet.

Artists have to believe in the merit of their own work and persevere whether they receive public recognition or not, but it's ever so nice when someone says, "Job well done"!

set sail on a voyage of your own titanic facts

dont dwell on the past when the future smiles bright and the present is by your side

Life is a long boring drive on an empty road punctuated by special moments that make the journey worth taking.

I lost a child, " she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.

involving into an iterative process of simplifying the 'complexity', and then transforming this 'simplicity into newer complexity' while integrating the unsolved domain for an unprecedented success.

As we don't live in a perfect world, try to spend 80% of your time doing important but not urgent activities

Since the hour when Christ despoiled Hades, men have danced in triumph over death.

The best poets, after all, exhibit only a tame and civil side of nature. They have not seen the west side of any mountain.

I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

How sociable the garden was. We ate and talked in given light. The children put their toys to grass All the warm wakeful August night.