"I want my house open to sun and wind and the voice of the sea, like a Greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere!"

“If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and violence. These remain the basic themes, they're the basic themes of Shakespeare whether you like it or not.”

“Children are trained to think linearly instead of imaginatively; they are taught to read slowly and carefully, and are discouraged from daydreaming. They are trained to reduce the use and capacity of their brain.”

“Those who have a lot of money in Greece invest in housing abroad. It's all immoral. The Greek crisis is structural, but also political.”

“You cant put the toothpaste back in the tube.”

“You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength.”

Source : Lynn Austin (2016). “The Chronicles of the Kings Collection: Five Novels in One”, p.237, Baker Books

“I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.”

“I was satisfied with haiku until I met you, but now I want a Russian novel, a 50-page description of you sleeping.”

Source : Dean Young (2011). “Fall Higher”, p.75, Copper Canyon Press

“You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.”

Source : "Mo Ibrahim And The Quest To Build A Better Africa" by Alex Wagner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 28, 2011.