Michael R. French

“In our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.”

“Racism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it.”

“We must believe we are capable of transcending evil, of not needing to hide in the darkness or surrender to our basest fears.”

“Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.”

“Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.”

“The 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.”

“In 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.”

“Racism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.”

“We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.”

“Faith is the ability to endure.”

“Your life can end at any time, and it can end more than once. But it can also begin more than once.”

“What'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.”

“Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.”

“Falling 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.”