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“I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.”
Source : "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012. 
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“I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.”
Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.60, Simon and Schuster
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“For Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.”
Source : Stanley Hauerwas, John Berkman, Michael Cartwright (2001). “The Hauerwas Reader”, p.499, Duke University Press
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“Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York”
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“Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.”
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“To me, the trick is not how can I make people laugh. It is, how can I make people laugh in a different way.”
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“What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.”
Source : Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith (2016). “High-Performance Teams: The Katzenbach-Smith Collection (2 Books)”, p.154, Harvard Business Review Press
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“Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run now, Fire Girl," says Thresh. I don't need to be told twice. I flip over and my feet dig into the hard-packed earth as I run away from Thresh and Clove and the sound of Cato's voice. Only when I reach the woods do I turn back for an instant. Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved.”
