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“Who speaks is not who writes, and who writes is not who is.”
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“If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”
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“Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.”
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“There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.”
Source : Sven Broman, Greta Garbo (1992). “Conversations with Greta Garbo”, G K Hall & Company
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“Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.”
Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.28
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“As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.”
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“An extended stay in the wilderness inevitably directs one's attention outward as much as inward, and it is impossible to live off the land without developing both a subtle understanding of, and a strong emotional bond with, that land and all it holds.”
Source : Jon Krakauer (2011). “Into the Wild”, p.182, Pan Macmillan
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“I like the way men cry. They're efficient.”
Source : Kaui Hart Hemmings (2008). “The Descendants”, p.110, Random House
