Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
During my time in orbit, I lost bone mass, my muscles atrophied, and my blood redistributed itself in my body, which strained my heart. Every day, I was exposed to ten times the radiation of a person on Earth, which will increase my risk of a fatal cancer for the rest of my life.
Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically depending on how much money you have. It's the texture of life.
'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
At some points, hope was the only thing I had. When I began my journey toward walking again, I clung to hope like a life raft.
It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.
I wanted to write 'In Harm's Way' from the young men's point of view of being in a raft, or hanging in a life vest with just their nose poking above the water.
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.
My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
I still rate the bit in the first 'Tomb Raider' where the T Rex comes round the end of the valley and roars as one of the most awesome gaming experiences, and I still adore 'Tomb Raider' for putting that in my life.
I've been a Raider all my life.
Most older people don't talk about the past so they won't have to admit that their life ran on the wrong rail.
The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Underground Railroad. This was more than my mom knew; she didn't even see a black person in real life until she was 18 years old.
There's no one who, at some point, hasn't had the feeling their life is on the rails and they can't do anything about it.
My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
Into each life some rain must fall.
Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
Life is not always going to be roses and rainbows. You are going to have uncomfortable moments. It's what we do with those moments that is going to count and determine our destiny.
