"Faith is seated in the understanding as well as in the will. It has an eye to see Christ as well as a wing to fly to Christ."

“You never know how much time you have with someone.”

“I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.”

Source : Interview With Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2007.

“I always say that you can't be afraid to ask the question. What's the worst that could happen? The answer could be "no" and you go on.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

“It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.”

Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.

“To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.”

“Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.”

“The more clearly we see the infinite chasm between God's glory and our sinful falling short thereof, the greater will be our appreciation of His grace and love in bridging that gulf to redeem us.”

“People who really appreciated animals always asked their names.”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1986). “The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern”, p.78, Penguin