"When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday."

“You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.”

“I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.”

Source : "Snaps by Elliott Erwitt - review" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2013.

“Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region.”

“We don't have to go in search of our mission or purpose. The more we search for it, the more it will elude us. We just have to be ourselves and find our joy in the present moment or do what calls us in the present moment and our mission will unfold.”

“Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness.”

Source : Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo (2010). “Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)”, p.68, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

“I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans”

“You can't escape history, or the needs and neuroses you've picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth.... Your every past action and thought have made you what you are.”

“man ... thinks of himself as a creator instead of a user, and this delusion is robbing him, not only of his natural heritage, but perhaps of his future.”