"Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile."

“In the war to come correspondents would assume unheard of importance, plunging through flame to feed the public its little gobbets of dehydrated excrement.”

Source : Malcolm Lowry (2012). “Under the Volcano: A Novel”, p.223, Open Road Media

“Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.”

Source : Sharon M. Draper (2006). “Tears of a Tiger”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

“Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not stopped by risks. Supposed a great person takes the risk and fails. Then the person must try again. You cannot fail forever. If you try ten times, you have a better chance of making it on the eleventh try than if you didn't try at all.”

“The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.”

“I found my way to street level and into what optimists call 'fresh air”

“There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.”

“Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.”

Source : John Frederick Boyes (1859). “Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading”, p.58

“All women should understand that a mammogram is nothing to be afraid of. It's not an enemy but a friend. Early detection is the key to the cure.”