"Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular."

“Be mindful, exercise kindness, to yourselves, to each other.”

Source : "Danielle Cormack: What Love, Laughter and Legos Have to Do with Everything". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“Our expectation in ourselves must be higher than our expectation in others.”

Source : Victor Manuel Rivera (2010). “In Search of True Freedom”, p.64, Xulon Press

“I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.”

“Everything starts with a lie and ends with an apology.”

“Then he crouches down behind it, motions for Tess and me to sit down, and begins unbuttoning his vest. I blush scarlet and thank every god in the world for the darkness surrounding us. “I’m not cold and I’m not bleeding,” I say to him. “Keep your clothes on.” The boy looks at me. I would’ve expected his bright eyes to look dimmer in the night, but instead they seem to reflect the light coming from the windows above us. He’s amused. “Who said anything about you , sweetheart?”

“I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects.”

“There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.”

“Isnt it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?”