"Civilization is a perishable commodity."

“When you start to realize life isn't fair, what do you do: curl up and die or fight every second of the way?”

Source : "Aubrey O’Day: ‘Last night I was stolen by a hawk’". PopWrap interview, pagesix.com. October 22, 2009.

“Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.”

“Don't give advice unless you're asked.”

Source : Amy Alcott (1993). “Amy Alcott's Guide to Women's Golf”, Plume Books

“I was in the projects dreaming about doing music and now I’ve done music. When I had nothing to when I had something I still have this driving force that's fueling me every day and that's making ideas reality…”

“Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.”

Source : Anita Brookner (1986). “The Misalliance”, Pantheon

“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent.”

“We humans are herd animals of the monkey tribe, not natural individuals as lions are. Our individuality is partial and restless; the stream of consciousness that we call 'I' is made of shifting elements that flow from our group and back to our group again. Always we seek to be ourselves and the herd together, not One against the herd.”

“My favorite charity is the Womens Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.”