"God experiences Life through each of us, and we experience Life thanks to God."

“If you have a friend with a blond mustache, he wants to touch you.”

“Once the government becomes the supplier of people's needs, there is no limit to the needs that will be claimed as a basic right.”

“I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second. Still not sure why I didn't give up. Stubborn, maybe.”

“Women notice details that most men don't. They notice if your belt and shoes match. They notice what kinds of foods you like to eat. They notice all the details, then make assumptions about every other area of your life based on these details.”

“We have to unmask this man [POTUS Obama]. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God - and I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy. Karl Marx very clearly said Marxism requires that we destroy God because government must become God.”

“If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again”

Source : Diana Loomans, Julia Loomans (2003). “100 Ways to Build Self-esteem and Teach Values”, p.216, H J Kramer

“Looking young and attractive with makeup is the next best thing to actually being young and attractive. After all, a woman only has a few years where she really is youthful, but she can wear foundation makeup til the day she dies (and even after!).”

“Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.37, Macmillan