"It is a curious fact that the more we know, the more we are aware of our ignorance."

"I am not an optimist. I am not a pessimist. I am a realist."

"I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am not a woman but a man, for I can think, I can write, I can be a thousand things."

"It is only by putting our heads together that we can get rid of the terrible fear of loneliness."

"It is not the arriving at a place, but the journey itself, that is the most important part."