One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

There is room in history for all of us.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

Pursue peace with all people.

The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats.

They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school.

Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract!

When you try to convince yourself that something doesn't bother you, it usually bothers you more.

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it.

Critical thinking is what leads to the next breakthroughs in any area.

Americans need to worry about whether Trump will be watching out for America's bottom line or his own bottom line.

We are blind and live our blind lives out in blindness.