"If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension."

“People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being.”

“Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.”

“I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.”

“I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists.”

Source : "Why Alastair Reynolds Doesn’t Do Star Trek Physics". "Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy" with John Joseph Adams, David Barr Kirtley, www.wired.com. September 5, 2012.

“It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.”

Source : Belle S. Spafford (1971). “Women in today's world”

“I think you pay people based on their work and not based on gender. It's that simple.”

“We have all had serendipitous moments - the most unlikely meetings out of nowhere - that can happen when we have this quality of deep acceptance towards ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com

“I don't have any hobbies. Music is my hobby.”