To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.

History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.

The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.

I don't want tea, I want justice!

To me, the most important thing is to wear something that I love and feel comfortable in, and Christmas is a great opportunity to get one of my old favourites out.

After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.

Dinted dimpled wimpled-his mind wandered down echoing corridors of assonance and alliteration ever further and further from the point. He was enamoured with the beauty of words.

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.

I think it's important to set up that boundary of respect for your kids at a young age, so they will know, I better listen to Mommy.

Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to.

I collect old first and second World War artifacts and things. I'm a little secret history nerd. I've been lucky enough to do quite a few war movies too so I've taken little things off each film.

From purest wells of English undefiled None deeper drank than he, the New World's Child, Who in the language of their farm field spoke The wit and wisdom of New England folk.

Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.