"The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant."

“I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing.”

“It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement.”

“History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.”

“Alone, there is only the person inside. I've grown to like her better than the stuck-up husk of me. Alone, there is no perfect daughter, no gifted high school junior, no Kristina Georgia Snow. There is only Bree." (Ellen Hopkins)”

“By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.”

“What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.”

“The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.”

“The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to demonstrate how we are reacting to the powers and forces that seem to influence us from the external world. They are part of our self image, and in some cases the mask is nothing more than a protective device, a defense mechanism.”