This would be...a book that would be a trapdoor down into some place dark. A place only you could go, alone, when you opened the cover. Because only books have that power.

Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.

As human beings, our first commandment is:Something needs to happen

Each time we make a choice we are either moving toward freedom and prosperity or bondage and misery.

I will always find you. You are in my soul.

Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.

[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.

People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.

True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time.

I never knew that I would be actually designing clothes or as into fashion as I am now.