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“I think it’s really important to sustain your dreams. Because a person without a dream will lose his or her will to live. Even if it’s just a small dream, it means a lot to that person.”
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“In my career? Me. I'm the boss. I'm the end all and be all. I'm the alpha and omega in that.”
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“Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it.”
Source : Ally Carter (2008). “Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)”, Hyperion
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“While vegans and meat-eaters disagree, we can all be united in our fear and hatred for the horror that is factory farming.”
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“Perhaps that is what life is all about—the search for such a connection. The search for magic. The search for the inexplicable. Not in order to explain it, or contain it. Simply in order to feel it. Because in that recognition of the sublime, we see for a moment the entire universe in the palm of our hand. And in that moment, we touch the face of God.”
Source : Garth Stein (2014). “A Sudden Light: A Novel”, p.146, Simon and Schuster
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“There's none as deaf as those who won't listen. I get letters. If they are moronic, they go in the wastepaper basket, but if they are reasonable points, I try to explain. I am planning for the long-term future. I am planning for the long-term future. People say build a team not a hotel, but that argument is irrelevant. It's like fish or meat”
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“When you're hot, it's fair, when you're not, it's foul.”
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“Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively. Actually, it would be a rare relationship if over a period of time one person's needs did not conflict with the other's. When any two people (or groups) coexist, conflict is bound to occur just because people are different, think differently, have different needs and wants that sometimes do not match.”
Source : Thomas Gordon (1970). “Parent effectiveness training: the no-lose program for raising responsible children”, Plume
