"Fear is not an unknown emotion to us."

“You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.”

Source : Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”, p.167, Candlewick Press

“After all, our Killers are our ...Brothers!!??”

“Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination.  It is a continuing upward spiral of progress.  It is perpetual growth.”

“in the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn't even speak.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.249, Wave Books

“For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods-all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science-and act before it's too late.”

“It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a mound of fine atomic dust, none of which had ever been alive but all of which had once been you.”

“She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.”

Source : Derek Raymond (2011). “He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1”, p.178, Profile Books

“As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding frenzy. From the moment of the crash, the ***** of sentiment never let up.”