Stupid to speak of blame when the wills of the immortals are involved.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised

To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing

All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.

Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!" And people further off took up the cry: "Up Bowman, and down with the moneybags,

Life can't be rushed. It takes time to develop the wrinkles of wisdom.

It’s about recognizing that the great movements and moments in history laid on the backs of ordinary people who simply chose to do extraordinary things.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.

I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

Tired people aren't witty

One can never study nature too much and too hard

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.