The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

Normally I give permission to take my daughter for a walk after only the building of a wall and a stone pathway.' He smiled. 'For future reference.''But, Pan, I knew after the first week that a walk was not the only thing I would request,' the Pigeon said, smiling, 'and winter will be here soon.

Brigid Pasulka

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied.Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

Jodi Picoult

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Samuel Johnson

Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing.

Eric West

My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.

Olivier Messiaen

If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions.

Bjorn Lomborg

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.

Ursula K. Le Guin

In men, we various Ruling Passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind; Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure and the love of sway.

POPE: _Moral Essays,_ Epis. ii.,

I'm not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good.

Jon Heder

Economized love is never real love

Honore de Balzac

I hope gay marriage will be legal in every state.

Mark Consuelos

A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.

Robert A. Heinlein