"Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see."

“The first of earthly blessings, independence.”

Source : Edward Gibbon (1998). “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.8, Wordsworth Editions

“There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother.”

Source : "Joan Chen — Saving Face". Groucho Reviews Interview, grouchoreviews.com. March 11, 2005.

“You read, move your lips, figure out the words, and it's like you're in two places at the same time: you're sitting or lying with your legs curled up, your hand groping in the bowl, but you can see different worlds, far-off worlds that maybe never existed but still seem real. You run or sail or race in a sleigh--you're running away from someone, or you yourself have decided to attack--your heart thumps, life flies by, and it's wondrous: you can live as many different lives as there are books to read.”

Source : Tatyana Tolstaya (2016). “The Slynx”, p.127, New York Review of Books

“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”

Source : One-Dimensional Man ch. 1 (1964)

“My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.”

“Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.”

“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”