"Some days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for what it tramples beneath."

“Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.”

Source : Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.258, A&C Black

“Somewhere in the ocean, a shark was missing its cold eyes because this man had them.”

Source : Steve Hamilton (2010). “The Lock Artist: A Novel”, p.113, Macmillan

“While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year.... Autumn is the time when in fact the leaves bud. Leaves wither because winter begins; but they also wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny as percussion caps out of which the spring will crack.... It is only an optical illusion that my flowers die in autumn; for in reality they are born.”

“I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility.”

“If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. ... How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?”

“A woman enjoys intercourse with her man-as she fantasizes about being raped by 3 men simultaneously.”

“I thought about going back to working at the gas station. I probably didn't like it at the time, but now it seems very romantic.”

“To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them; and to cultivate admiration, you must be among beautiful things and looking at them.”