"To some people everything is permitted."

“I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.”

Source : "Gavin's Woodpile". www.brucecockburn.org. December 15, 2012.

“If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.”

“Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long.”

“I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who hurts is me...!”

“I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.”

“Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few paces, but already she could turn and look back and not weep. It wasn't anything to do with forgetting. It was just accepting. Nothing was ever so bad once you had accepted it.”

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.334, St. Martin's Press

“That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (2010). “Ramona”, p.160, Modern Library

“The American dream is at jeopardy. This president [Obama] has defined the American dream as more dependence on the government. We need to restore the American dream so it's more about opportunity and growth and not redistribution.”