It was too lonely to be heaven, and there wouldn't be stars in hell.

We aren’t teaching our children to thrive. We teach them to survive. It’s not the same thing. Resilience increases thriving without taking anything away from others.

God cannot be indicted with injustice because someone rejected a gift they weren't entitled to in the first place.

I like the way Twitter makes one be more concise.It looks like someone is saying sometthing wise

All my contemporaries—hundred-and-fivers or convicts—will tell you how we livedin barely sentient fear, raisingchildren for the executioner, prison, or the torture chamber.

It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

In fact, there are very important writings of Marx which are not even translated into English.

He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.

I took my sight and mobility for granted.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation