In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the thing goes out and gets published.

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.

The moonlight was enough. It would do.

Are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?

If you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are very probably right; if you are pointing out the only thing a story is about you are very probably wrong - even if you're the author.

I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options.

Idris: Are all people like this? The Doctor: Like what? Idris: So much bigger on the inside.