"We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime."

“Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.”

Source : Catherine Fisher (2011). “Incarceron”, p.205, Penguin

“You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life.”

“The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.”

“I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.”

Source : "The Flaming Lips". Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. August 4, 1999.

“I dare you to call Ask-A-Nurse and tell them you feel a presence in your womb region.”

“As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bartender-what they wear, how they deal with people, the simple continuity of their presence. As you do that you'll see how you affect them , and you'll play and act accordingly. You need to study the reality of the moment, and that is very rarely about studying modes and intervals.”

“I certainly don't want to be formulaic. I want to be honest and authentic and everything else.”

“I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with great people. When I think about all the great things and people I have had in my life, that gives me confidence.”

Source : "Supermodel Jessica White shares her top beauty tricks!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. May 20, 2008.