“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

— Aldous Huxley, writer, philosopher

“Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best;
God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.”

— George MacDonald, fantasy writer, theologian

“All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.”

— Walt Whitman, poet, essayist

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change.
Women marry men with the hope they will change.
Invariably they are both disappointed.”

— Albert Einstein (attributed)