I flat out see no evidence for any fossils in our data. If a trilobite, for example, evolved on Mars and we came across a rock with it, we could resolve it.

I want to know, for example, why beauty exists," she said, "why nature continues to contrive it, and what is the link between the life of a lightning storm with the feelings these things inspire in us? If God does not exist, if these things are not unified into one metaphorical system, then why do they retain for us such symbolic power? Lestat calls it the Savage Garden, but for me that is not enough.

The best way to teach is by example.

The best way to teach is to become a good example.

Being a good example is the best way to teach.

The best way to teach people is to be a good example.