"The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I don't see the point of sad parties, do you? And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly."

“Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Wassily Kandinsky (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics

“In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.”

“Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.”

“I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.”

Source : "Marilyn Monroe" by Imogen Tilden, Sara Gaines, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2001.

“Calla readjusted, wrapping the silk around her other thigh instead. "Which one's he again? The pretty one?" Blue and Gansey exchanged a look. Blue's look said, I'm so, so sorry. Gansey's said, Am I the pretty one?”

“We are trying to send our message to let the world know what is happening and what will happen to the Maldives if climate change isn't checked.”

Source : "From underwater, Maldives sends warning on climate change". edition.cnn.com. October 17, 2009.

“Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life. Anyone can make a difference!”

Source : "Amazing Kid! Spotlight on Adora Svitak, age 12, Amazing Young Educator, Author and Speaker". Interview with Kasy Dallman, mag.amazing-kids.org. September 2010.

“Mediation and reconciliation work is about a profound quest for justice and social transformation. But at the same time, they are about service, solidarity, about exploring and rediscovering the human spirit that has been lost or shattered through human conflict, cruelty, ignorance and greed...”