"The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in."

“Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing”

“Three great ways to lose a lover: Talk to him the way your mother talked to your father. Berate him in public because everybody loves an audience. Contrast him to your friends, and compare him with his predecessors.”

“The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.”

“A song fluttered down in the form of a dove, And it bore me a message, the one word-Love!”

Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar, Joanne M. Braxton (1993). “The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar”, p.167, University of Virginia Press

“I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.”

“If you're worried about a kid and drug use, the safest, best thing to do is individual counseling or family therapy, none of which will expose kids to more deviant or problematic peers and both of which are proven to be effective and at the very least, they won't hurt.”

“when a swinging sin is to be committed, there is nothing like a gown and a cassock to cover it.”

Source : Laetitia Pilkington (1997). “Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington”, p.156, University of Georgia Press

“He's in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.”