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“Those who live, live off the dead.”
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“And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these hikes, he'd insist, because if you say that seven hours is too long to walk for two families of patients, you're saying that their lives matter less than some others', and the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world.”
Source : Tracy Kidder (2003). “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World”, p.338, Random House
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“The real you is still a little child who never grew up. Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life - when the real you comes out, when you don't care about the past and you don't worry about the future. You are childlike.”
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“By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.”
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“....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.”
Source : Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.73, Penguin
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“Not as much as I used to, but I use the Internet for everything. I use it for information. Like if I'm planning a trip or something, I'll check out the place I'm going to.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.”
Source : "Lisa Ling On Tackling Tough Topics". www.foxnews.com. October 17, 2012.
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“If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.”