"When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship"

"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing"

"Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other"

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun"

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich"

"If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company"

"Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy"

"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"

"The one who loves the least, controls the relationship"