"It's a travesty for the games. It's cutting into the heart of this community."

“Truth is tarter than taradiddles; and nothing is tarter, terser, than truth on the track of tired trash in a trance.”

“Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.”

Source : ""Masiela's Musings" by Gina LaGuardia". College Bound Teen, October 2004.

“Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often I think a lot of writers write because they have failed to do other things. How many writers can’t drive? A lot. They’re not practical. They are not capable in everyday life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ha Jin from Dec 01, 2012

“If you work all the time, you lose the intermittence of reflection and thought at every stage. Take breaks - for you and your work.”

“We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.”

Source : Source: www.bloomberg.com

“Who can sum up all the ills the women of a nation suffer from war? They have all of the misery and none of the glory; nothing to mitigate their weary waiting and watching for the loved ones who return no more.”

“I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.”

“Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.”