"I feel like because black Cuban artists don't have the kind of pressure to thematize race in the way that African-American artists do, there's more space for them to do their art without having to discuss it in terms of racial identity."

“Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.”

Source : 'Astrophel and Stella' (1591) sonnet 39

“I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost.”

Source : Garth Nix (2014). “The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel”, p.80, Harper Collins

“The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone...”

“The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.”

“Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.”

“Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics.”

Source : "Dear Donald Trump: Winter Does Not Disprove Global Warming" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. January 02, 2014.

“A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.”

“I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.”