"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

“In the three minutes it takes the song to play I'm caught in a magic world of harmony and joy, a truly ecstatic joy, where the aching longing to be somewhere else, out of this city, out of this country, out of this body and out of this life, is kept at bay.”

Source : Christos Tsiolkas (1995). “Loaded”, Random House Australia

“There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.”

Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1835). “Traits of American Life”, p.165

“Who is the most favored of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.”

“The proper order of things is often a mystery to me. You, too?”

Source : "Fictional character: Cheshire Cat". Video Game "Alice", www.imdb.com. 2000.

“I had been to São Paulo the year before and became pretty well acquainted with the music of composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, I had already started playing that music, and the audience response had been pretty good because those songs are so melodic. I knew it would be something that would be appealing; I wasn't thinking that it would make the top of the pop charts or anything like that.”

“Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.”

“Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!”

“Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.”