We might give her presents, tell some tales, but would she ever be able to really understand what the journey had been like for us?

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?

I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints.

We are home to each other now.

People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.

Yea I may come across as blunt, but I will say the truth even if its bitter, that's just me. You either hate me for it or respect me for it.

Things are useless without practice.

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.

People marry with a deep longing that their partner will tend to their wounds, not throw salt in them. Honor your partner's vulnerability.

There is no better way to get to know someone than to have an affair ... it can save years of lunches.

My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based.

When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would be insulted. They would call you Flash Gordon all evening, or Buck Rogers.

To laugh or cry is the most beautiful thing in the world