"I would rather preach one sermon than write a thousand books."

“Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.”

“A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.”

“Normal' is a dryer setting.”

Source : Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.258, Ballantine Books

“When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.”

“Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't want to hear it, either.”

“One morning you will awake to find that you are the person you dreamed of doing what you wanted to do simply because you had the courage to believe in your potential and to hold on to your dream.”

“Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life saving drugs, and almost nothing on diseases that affect developing countries only. This is not surprising. Poor people cannot afford drugs, and drug companies make investments that yield the highest returns.”

“The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.”