"The laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new take its place."

“If you have to end up in the hospital, try to focus all your pain in your heart rather than your head.”

“I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.”

Source : "Rachel Dratch Is An Upper". Interview with Lianne Stokes, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

“The cost of energy is directly related to the cost of hiring workers and running a business.”

“She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket, and his good heart---- was the person she knew better than anyone now. He was her best friend. --City of Ember--”

“When you're recording a TV show, you really feel like you're in a bubble.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Turn down the noise. Reduce the speed. Be like the somnolent bears, or those other animals that slow down and almost die in the cold season. Let it be the way it is. The magic is there in its power.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (1999). “One Man's Garden”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted!”

“The devil is an angel too.”