"Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth."

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

To be a refugee is to be a whisper in somebody else's world.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one—but no one at all—can tell you what to read and when and how."

Every piece of plastic ever made still exists somewhere - that's not just a fact, it's our responsibility.

Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.