"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies."

“In today's world, the elites are growing even more comfortable with one another across national lines, yet at the same time, less comfortable with low-income people who share their nationality. How we create those bonds of community that are truly global as well as national is one of our generation's great challenges.”

Source : Jacqueline Novogratz (2012). “The Blue Sweater : Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Intercnnected World”, p.108, HarperCollins Publishers

“Tech N9ne is worldwide, man, it's the biggest thing ever to me and if it happens to blow as big as I expect, I won't be able to go anywhere. That's what I'm prepared to do, because my goal is to get my music to the world.”

Source : Interview with Tim vonHolten, www.lawrence.com. December 11, 2003.

“The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.”

“It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny.”

“The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.”

Source : "'Matched' Author Ally Condie's Guide To A Dystopian Holiday", www.mtv.com. December 2, 2011.

“There is a huge difference between writing a book, which is a private activity I engage in with myself, and wanting to engage in overly intimate personal conversations with strangers, which I pretty much never want to do.”

“If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.”

Source : "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.

“At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.”

Source : Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions”