When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.