"It's hard to win awards if there are no roles."

“Books, as Dryden has aptly termed them, are spectacles to read nature. Aeschylus and Aristotle, Shakespeare and Bacon, are priests who preach and expound the mysteries of man and the universe. They teach us to understand and feel what we see, to decipher and syllable the hieroglyphics of the senses.”

“We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes, it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don't be surprised when it leaves either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it.”

Source : Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.185, Canongate Books

“Economy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature.”

“There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.”

“Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values...holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change...”

“Love is sublime, truly, a precious gift. But also, alas, one of God's little pranks. It's naive of you to confuse love with happiness, as if they were somehow the samae thing. In fact love, once found, is more akin to gravity: too strong, too close, and it will crush you. Unless you're careful, always.”

Source : Wil McCarthy (2009). “The Collapsium”, p.319, Bantam

“And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.”

“When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.”