People from the past belong to the past not to the place which you're heading

I’m transgender” she repeated. “It means I was born with certain male characteristics. One of which I still have.

Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for.

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.

Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.

Signori has all the tricks up his book.

[Read] anything but history,.. for history must be false.

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.