George Sand

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.