"As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible."

“It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.”

“I would never kiss anyone/ Who doesn't burn me like the sun,”

Source : Song: And I Remember Every Kiss, Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007

“Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.”

“Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.”

“Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.”

“This notion that you hear from his surrogates and his fans throughout the campaign - "Trump tells it like it is; he's a straight shooter" - that through line comes in large part because this is a man who was welcomed into people's living rooms every week for nearly a decade.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.”

“I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present”

Source : Maya Lin (2016). “Boundaries”, p.15, Simon and Schuster