"The fear of death in the one place was not as strong as another kind of fear, the fear of a world gone crazy, a place where anything could happen, where nothing could be trusted, where nothing was certain. A terrible place."

“In the year 415, the woman scientist Hypatia, head of the legendary Alexandria library, was beaten to death by Christian monks who considered her a pagan. The leader of the monks, Cyril, was canonized a saint.”

“I love old architecture. I love collecting furniture, mixing really earthy things with the very polished. I don't come from an interiors background, so I'm not an expert. I just enjoy going to antiques shows and finding interesting things.”

Source : "Jason Wu Makes His Move into Home". Interview with Anne Monoky, www.architecturaldigest.com. October 31, 2011.

“You can always do more than you think you can.”

“We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and rashness.”

Source : Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, “Futuristic Manifesto”

“Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in personal adornment, and those who find comfort in food;”

“Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence of sincere and supreme love to him.”

Source : "Works: With a Memoir of His Life".

“Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply.”

“Life is not fair and people are not equal.”

Source : "No Surrender: My Thirty-year War". Book by Hiroo Onoda, www.japantimes.co.jp. 1974.