"I think it's good to meet smart people and talk."

“The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened.”

Source : Gerard Manley Hopkins (1967). “Selections; chosen and edited by Graham Storey”

“Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.”

“Let everybody know this. He shall be assigned to the place and to the service to which he gave and devoted himself in this life and he can be sure that in eternity he will have as his lot the service and the companionship which he preferred in this life. This is what the Lord means when He says, 'If anyone is my servant let him follow Me and where I am he will be there as my servant' (Jn. 12:26).”

“The depth of our love can be measured by our efforts. We demonstrate our love when we take that extra step...”

Source : Harville Hendrix, Helen Hunt (1994). “Couples Companion: Meditations & Exercises for Getting the Love You Want: A Workbook for Couples”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

“For the record, Claire Marsden and I are not having sex.”

Source : Sarah Mayberry, Shoma Narayanan (2015). “After-Hours Negotiation: Can't Get Enough\An Offer She Can't Refuse”, p.94, Harlequin

“Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.”

“I always try to describe making movies like summer camp, or some holiday where you spend all day, every day with a new group of people whom you kind of love and then never see again.”

“My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.”