It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science

Henry David Thoreau

Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country.

Marguerite Duras

Sweet is the lore which nature brings,our meddeling interlectmis-shapes the beautious forms of things.we murder to dissect

William Wordsworth

Piety is not an end but a means to attain... the highest degree of culture. This is why... those who parade piety as a purpose and an aim mostly turn into hypocrites.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.

Felicity Jones

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Willia

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.

Marge Piercy

Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.

Annie Jump Cannon

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

David Cameron

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

Curt Schilling

But I am delighted to be a Dodger, I grew up a Dodger fan and now my dreams have really come true.

Milton Bradley

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

Lillian Hellman, Watch on the Rh