Madeleine L'Engle

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

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

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.