“Her fear was strong, but her need for the truth was stronger.”

“We all make mistakes, the danger lies in letting those mistakes make us. Make us believe we can't put things right. Make us think there's no hope. Make us give up.”

“Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they ...”

“DNA tells you all the secrets of life, he used to say. Except for onehow to live it.”

“You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.”

“I think your vision gets better as you get older.”

“I want to visit the snow in Antarctica before global warming turns it into a tropical paradise.”

“Two Dutch, two Americans, one German and one Australian. And yet, as the rocket began to quake beneath us, my mind focused on a man in Antarctica. I thought about Sam "Snowbow" Archambeau waiting f...”

“In all the world there is no desolation more complete than the polar night. It is a return to the Ice Age no warmth, no life, no movement. Only those who have experienced it can fully appreciate wh...”

“I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.”

“While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.”

“The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her ch...”