It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's... - Madeleine L'Engle

"It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine."

"When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony."

"If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."

"Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving."

"Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived."