So many lights you’d think we were living in a constellation

I think that's what you say when you can't have something you want, isn't it? You say you don't want it in the first place.

I think the rest of the world is not as cold and lonely a place as you think. At least I have to hope.

Earth, " Alexa finally said. "It's not that great anyway." And they all smiled sadly. Because, of course, it was everything.

I will not hesitate.I will not hang back.I will go and offer my heart, for it is what I have to give...

Rape is a more heinous crime than murder since the rape victim dies throughout the period she lives.

I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed over? No, it was the poetry.

Count your blessings. A grateful heart attracts more joy, love and prosperity.

Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do.

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.

You contain a trillion copies of a large, textual document written in a highly accurate, digital code, each copy as voluminous as a substantial book. I'm talking, of course, of the DNA in your cells.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to win.