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“We shall take great care not to annoy the horse and spoil his friendly charm, for it is like the scent of a blossom - once lost it will never return”
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“The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are.”
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“We are all very ready to believe what we like.”
Source : Samuel Richardson (1751). “Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life”, p.395
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“The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.”
Source : "Ja Rule: 'I'm in Love with a Church Girl' Interview with Kam Williams". www.eurweb.com. October 8, 2013.
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“The television screen is the lens through which most children learn about violence. Through the magnifying power of this lens, their everyday life becomes suffused by images of shootings, family violence, gang warfare, kidnappings, and everything else that contributes to violence in our society. It shapes their experiences long before they have had the opportunity to consent to such shaping or developed the ability to cope adequately with this knowledge.”
Source : "Mayhem – Violence as Public Entertainment, Part I". "The Open Mind" with Richard Heffner, www.thirteen.org. March 4, 1998.
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“Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality.”
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“Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to embark on it.”
Source : M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
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“I don't have feathers, but I feel like a bird sometimes.”
Source : "'Jetman' lives the dream of flying". www.cnn.com. December 4, 2011.