"There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about."

“You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.”

“We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.”

Source : James Redfield (1993). “The celestine prophecy: an adventure”, Atticus Press & Company (AL)

“The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females.”

“The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes.”

“The only real security is the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.”

Source : Audrey Sutherland (1978). “Paddling my own canoe”, Kolowalu Book

“The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound.”

“Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater.”

Source : "Interview with Stacy Schiff, author of 'Cleopatra'". Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. December 5, 2010.

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”