"Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial."

“Not even a mighty warrior can brake a frail arrow when it is multiplied and supported by its fellows. As long as you brothers support one another and render assistance to one another, your enemies can never gain the victory over you. But if you fall away from each other your enemy can brake you like frail arrows, one at a time.”

“If you can sit at set of sun And count the deeds that you have done And counting find oneself-denying act, one word That eased the heart of him that heard. One glance most kind, Which fell like sunshine where he went, Then you may count that day well spent.”

“Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.”

“What is one person's diversion may be another's supreme test.”

“Subject matter comes to you, you don't go to it... Although I shoot extemporaneously a lot of the time, I prefer to have half a dozen shots in my mind. Probably I have seen them many times under different conditions and I have been thinking about them. The moment shall come when I shall go back to them and make the photographs.”

“I fear that I am losing my mind. But really, it would not be such a precious thing to lose, as it only causes me pain.”

Source : L. A. Meyer (2011). “The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea”, p.104, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.”

“One of the things I firmly believe about seemingly risky decisions is that you can't fully imagine how things can be better while you're in the thing you don't quite like.”