"If living on fruits and water is of superior merit, monkeys and fish will go to heaven before men."

“Respect your characters, even the ­minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it is worth thinking about what your minor characters' stories are, even though they may intersect only slightly with your protagonist's.”

Source : "Sarah Waters's rules for writers" by Sarah Waters, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

“My kids and I figured out that there’s a third kind of person, and I don’t know what you call them, but it’s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because it’s half full with water and half full with nothing, so that’s the third kind of person. I don’t know what it is.”

“The next time you have a thought... let it go.”

Source : Ron White (2007). “I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability”, p.137, Penguin

“It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous”

“Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.”

“Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too.”

“Why do people always think they will be happier in the future, rather than embracing the thought for that hour, that day?”

“God does not always heal us instantly the way we think. He is not a jack-in-the-box God. But God is walking with me through this.”