Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I tell the truth, not as much as I would like to, but as much as I dare. I dare more and more as I grow older.

Michel de Montaigne

My daily beauty regimen consists of washing my face before bed and putting on moisturizer.

Rachel Bilson

O mundo não é uma fabrica de canceder desejos.

John Green

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Bertrand Russell

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Ruth Rendell

Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

Bill O'Reilly

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

Gore Vidal

It's a job -- someone's gotta do it. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine. On what it's like kissing sex symbol Jennifer Aniston

David Schwimmer

The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace.

Thomas Frank

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Abraham Lincoln

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

Marian Wright Edelman