"I don't like Kublai Khan, let's just kill him off!"

“All these years there had been a Tupperware container of bad language in her head, and now she opened it and all those crisp, crunchy words were fresh and lovely, ready to be used.”

“I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.”

“A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.”

“Everyone came here to do something magnificent. What is important is that you live your life to your fullest potential. That's how you open your gifts and share them with the world. You should only be doing that thing that lights up your soul.”

Source : Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

“Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy.”

“A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”

“If believers worship with gladness and passion, anyone not yet a part of the community certainly will be attracted to the One who is the object of their worship.”

Source : Marva J. Dawn (1999). “A Royal Waste of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World”, p.124, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

“Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it.”

Source : Ally Carter (2008). “Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)”, Hyperion