"Spend the rest of your life doing what God prepared you to do."

“I always have a curious sort of feeling about some of my things - I hate to show them - I am perfectly inconsistent about it - I am afraid people won't understand - and I hope they won't - and am afraid they will.”

“Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities””

“It's interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn't going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting”

“After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality.”

“In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.”

Source : "The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - review" by Kapka Kassabova, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

“Never forget is not something you say on a prescribed day; if it is real it is something you live the rest of your life”

“It's my policy not to review funerals.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.54, Granta Books

“The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries.”