"It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best"

“Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.”

“Schools learned long ago that the way to keep children from thinking is to keep them busy.”

Source : Everett Reimer (1971). “School is dead: an essay on alternatives in education”, Not Avail

“Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are.”

“I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.”

“A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.”

“I have a sense that many Americans, especially those like me with European or foreign parents, feel they have to invent their families just as they have to invent themselves.”

Source : Philip Levine (2002). “So ask: essays, conversations, and interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore.”

Source : "At last, it's Zaha Hadid's time to shine" by Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. August 8, 2012.

“Hotel life is about the same in every latitude.”