"How is a man fortunate to live in the darkness, brother?" "Why do you wonder?" asked Blaise. "For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light."

“Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.”

Source : Martine Leavitt (2016). “Keturah and Lord Death”, p.71, Highlights Press

“There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.”

Source : Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser (2003). “Braided Creek: a conversation in poetry”, Copper Canyon Pr

“We didn't win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out.”

“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.”

“The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible.”

“God will do nothing except you pray; and you have to be clear what you want”

“Before you begin working your way into the system, it is imperative that you are ready to be judged. You are only new once. ... You are only ready when you can orchestrate the next move after you have the industry's attention.”

Source : K. Callan (2000). “Directing Your Directing Career”

“I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.