02UndatedRationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.Michael R. French / quote ↗
03UndatedFalling in love is more than infatuation. It is the need to feel whole, to feel safe, to be healed, to join together with someone, heart and soul.Michael R. French / quote ↗
04UndatedAdversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.Michael R. French / quote ↗
05UndatedAlbert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.Michael R. French / quote ↗
06UndatedYour life can end at any time, and it can end more than once. But it can also begin more than once.Michael R. French / quote ↗
07UndatedWe are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.Michael R. French / quote ↗
08UndatedWhat's real and what's not? People we meet in books--Holden Caulfield, Captain Ahab, Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, Bilbo and Gandalf and Frodo-- can become more memorable, and more important to us than people with birth certificates and drivers' licenses. Characters spawned in an author's imagination find a home inside us. They make our lives richer. They become our best friends. They never disappoint. And they never die.Michael R. French / quote ↗
09UndatedIn general men keep their internal lives–and their more complex emotions–closely guarded, because either they don't understand them or they are afraid of being betrayed by them.Michael R. French / quote ↗
10UndatedRacism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it.Michael R. French / quote ↗
11UndatedWe must believe we are capable of transcending evil, of not needing to hide in the darkness or surrender to our basest fears.Michael R. French / quote ↗
12UndatedRacism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.Michael R. French / quote ↗
13UndatedThe liberation from ignorance and tyranny was a long war, because the oppressors always had the advantage. They smooth-talked the masses with lies and promises.Michael R. French / quote ↗
14UndatedIn our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.Michael R. French / quote ↗
15UndatedWhen you're in love, there's nothing that can embarrass or surprise you.Michael R. French / quote ↗
16UndatedLife brings only so much luck which when used up leaves you without a safety net.Michael R. French / quote ↗
