"There's nothing like the discovery of an unknown work by a great thinker to set the intellectual community atwitter and cause academics to dart about like those things one sees when looking at a drop of water under a microscope."

“Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.”

“When I wake, a piece of sharp green glass on the floor is cutting into my hand and I know it's a sign. I etch a letter on my hand; put it on top so I can see the jagged edges bleeding out; S. S is for sorrow, for all I don't say. S is for sick now, my punishing ways.”

“Health insurance, which is exceedingly difficult to secure as an individual in New York. Obamacare, while certainly better than nothing, is pretty awful, and if you have a complicated health history, as I do, you need premium insurance, which means private insurance. The challenge, though, is finding a company that will give you the privilege of paying up to $1,400 a month for it. When I didn't have a job, I spent more time thinking about insurance - not just paying for it, but securing it in the first place - than I wanted to.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com

“I don't turn to anyone for advice. I do what I want.”

Source : "Azealia Banks has a crush on Barack Obama and would 'tone it down' for the right man" by Alistair McGeorge, www.mirror.co.uk. April 3, 2015.

“We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.”

“Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!”

Source : David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

“It could all end tomorrow, so enjoy what you have and never take it for granted. And never forget to take an easy run for yourself once in a while and just remember why you love to run.”

“I've probably seen more naked people than anyone in the world.”