The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Madness, and then illumination.

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.

I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

Human beings *do* metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

Fear, left unchecked, can spread like a virus.

The future will look futuristic only because we will be trying to make it look futuristic.

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?

I want things to be the best they can be I want greatness.

Don't let others define you. Define yourself.

The Turks ... the Saudis, the Emiratis, etc. What were they doing?

I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.

I'm obsessed with making lists.

Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love, becoming one.