"Maps of Time attempts to assemble a coherent and accessible account of origins, a modern creation myth."

“God looked through eternity past and He saw you and He chose to reach out and redeem you by His own grace. It's hard to imagine that kind of love.”

Source : James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.114, Moody Publishers

“For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else could publish, or publish equally well. So there's that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“I learned a long time ago that you don't have to go around using bad language and trying to hurt people to show how macho you are. That stuff won't get you anywhere, it just shows lack of vocabulary and character.”

“Live disasters are wonderful attractions when you're safe on the other side of them.”

Source : Sara Paretsky (2011). “Deadlock”, p.190, Dell

“I'm fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family, and I will be it's custodian and I promise you that I will polish him, and wait on him hand and foot.”

Source : "Oscars 2015: Read Stephen Hawking's Touching Words for Winner Eddie Redmayne" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2015.

“I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.”

“What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?”

“Oh, the moon is fair tonight along the Wabash, From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay; Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming On the banks of the Wabash, far away.”