"Leibniz accepted the argument that there must be indestructible simple entities if there is to be a complex world, but Epicurean morals and politics and anti-theology dismayed him. His 'monadology' which said that the true atoms of nature were unextended 'living mirrors,' was an imaginative and beautiful system, and even in many ways more modern than Epicurean atomism, than Epicurean atomism, but there was a reactionary aspect to it."

“Maybe the most real thing the end. To realize when it's too late.”

Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.215, Vintage

“Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.”

“I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside.”

Source : Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

“I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self-government within the British Empire, or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India.”

“At that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow up.”

Source : John Marsden (1995). “Tomorrow, When the War Began”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“it is rather depressing to think that one will still be oneself when one is dead, but I dare say one won't be so critical then.”

“Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one of the most unusual professions on earth, those who make a living by inducing laughter in others. This is very strange if you stop to think of it: that otherwise sane and responsible citizens should devote their professional energies to causing others to make sharp, explosive barking-like exhalations.”

Source : Steve Allen (1981). “Funny people”, Stein & Day Pub

“All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You.”