Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible.

He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

Henry David Thoreau

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

Francis Thompson

I like my philosophy smothered in beauty and not the opposite.

Wallace Stevens

Ah, damn it, lass,'he called after her. 'I've busted my stitches wide open.''What?'she cried, hurrying back to him. 'Let me see!''Ah-ha!' He snared her around the waist, dragging her down with him to his lap.'You still care for me!

Kresley Cole

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction.

Thomas Cromwell

So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up on a train across Siberia. The journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder.

Loreena McKennitt

It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (Lit.: 'Thing-ies') or reality fragments. Currently research indicates that each reson is itself made up of a combination of at least five 'flavours', known as 'up', 'down', 'sideways', 'sex appeal' and 'peppermint'.

Terry Pratchett

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

Cassandra Clare

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Bob Kerrey

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

Tom Stoppard

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

R. Buckminster Fuller