"You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore."

“Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.”

“It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.”

“One person is as good as another in New England, and better, too.”

“Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?”

“Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.”

“I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.”

Source : "Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry". Book by Stephen Dobyns, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1996.

“I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Feb 06, 2013