"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life."

“I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work.”

“It's better to work with a nice category containing some nasty objects, than a nasty category containing only nice objects.”

“Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.”

Source : Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.139, Sourcebooks, Inc.

“Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.”

Source : Ursula Parrott (1989). “Ex-wife”, Plume

“Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed from race to race from age to age.”

Source : "Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America".

“Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.”

“Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.”

Source : "Lily Rabe’s Master Class". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2011.

“Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!”