I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.
I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester
I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost.
The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
Drinking Shirley Temple with my Mary Janes on, let's say that every possibility waits
I can't repair my wall as fast as you can tear it down.
The best lies to tell," said Jane, "are the ones people to believe.
Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed.
The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.
'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you have a good professor.
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.
I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.
Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be.
Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.
Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.
How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and it's free to everyone.
Humans will die like all living things do, but we have the added burden of knowing that we will.
It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.
