"If, as Steven King once wrote, 'Valleys are the dimples on the face of the earth,' then Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the deepest, most sparkling dimple of them all."

“I like to employ the power of no. We all want to say yes, because with yes comes so much opportunity, but with the power of no comes focus and engagement.”

“We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity.”

“Perhaps you have to have a little bit of hope to believe that beauty can be found, to believe that life does come back, that something can surprise you. And maybe hope and wonder are somehow related. Maybe wonder feeds hope and hope feeds wonder. You see something beautiful and it reminds you that it's possible to see something beautiful.”

Source : Jamie Tworkowski (2015). “If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For”, p.54, Penguin

“Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.20, Penguin

“I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them.”

Source : Lucille Kallen (1987). “C.B. Greenfield: A Little Madness”

“While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.”

“I'm going to try to stay buff as long as I can, but it takes a lot of discipline and staying away from your favorite junk food!.”

“I have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle.”

Source : Lauren Graham (2013). “Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel”, p.177, Ballantine Books