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“my friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.”
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“Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.”
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“Creativity is not the domain of one single person. Through free-association of thoughts and brainstorming, an accidental suggestion can be the best solution.”
Source : "It Takes Two Bright Sparks to BOO". New Straits Times, August 23, 1998.
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“If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan meals she would serve and I would help her.”
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“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?.”
Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.17, 谷月社
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“Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban, secure from acid if she were to show her face.”
Source : "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.
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“Beyond the terrace, a light breeze stirred the reeds at the edge of the pond. Looking out at this intimate vista, one could see the reeds and a stone lantern and the brightest of the evening's stars floating on the gloaming mirror of the pond. Then the breeze came again to crack the water's surface, and the picture was flooded.”
Source : John Burnham Schwartz (2009). “The Commoner”, p.214, Vintage