"Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice what they teach are mere talkers. Those who try to do successful work without considering development of character will find it insubstantial."

“I'm constantly looking for something that will be pushing the audience to new scares in horror movies.”

“If we are to move towards our collective bliss, it's time we shed our focus on the physical.”

Source : Janine Shepherd (2016). “Defiant: A Broken Body Is Not a Broken Person”, p.121, Sounds True

“Nothing isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing.”

“Your best teacher is the person offering you your greatest challenge.”

“Pain is not a conduit to art or joy”

“While I have devised various formal strategies for articulating [my] concerns, I think fundamentally the work is driven by a basic curiosity. I seek to find out things about people by making photographs of them.”

“Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe”

Source : Prayer for Peace (1981; adapted from the Upanishads)

“And – I think you know, don’t you? – that I love you, Anne.’ I feel as if I have been living in a loveless world for too long. The last tender face I saw was my father’s when he sailed for England. ‘You do? Truly?’ ‘I do.’ He rises to his feet and pulls me up to stand beside him. My chin comes to his shoulder, we are both dainty, long-limbed, coltish: well-matched. I turn my face into his jacket. ‘Will you marry me?’ he whispers. ‘Yes,’ I say.”