"I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't."

-- Samuel Barber

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“The glory of God is the human person fully alive.”
“We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might have seemed the most worthy of the heavenly present. The names of Seneca, of the elder and the younger Pliny, of Tacitus, of Plutarch, of Galen, of the slave Epictetus, and of the emperor Marcus Antoninus, adorn the age in which they flourished, and exalt the dignity of human natures.”
“We are meant to be one. And only after we realize that amazing truth can we find what we need - true peace.”
“I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.”
“To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him with a higher ideal of life than he had when he began. If in one small degree it shows him where he can beâ€¦gentler, saner, cleaner, kindlierâ€¦it is a wonder-working book. If it opens his eyes to one beauty in nature he never saw for himself and leads him one step toward the God of the Universe, it is a beneficial bookâ€¦”
“It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.”
“If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.”

Source : Asne Seierstad (2009). “A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal”, p.154, Hachette UK
“My most memorable science fiction experience was Star Wars and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots.”

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