Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.

Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard but takes the one before it and plays the game.

As I have gotten older, I am more of an independent woman, and my mom and I have our own lives, but we are still best friends and can be there for each other.

I was like a packet of powdered Sea Monkeys and they were like water.

Does the e-mail say it's about 'enlargement' - that might be spam.

The adventure you're ready for is the one you get!

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!

I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.