"Could there be irony crueler than this? How, upon his rescue, the truth had brought him here, to a house for the mad, for only a madman believes what every child knows to be true: There are monsters that lie in wait under our beds."

-- Rick Yancey

#Children Quotes #Lying Quotes #Believe Quotes

“When you cross the line and you've won the race, to me, it's an amazing feeling.”
“So one predicts the future as much as one is cause. The future isn't a pattern laid out to abuse and bully you. The future is a beautiful playground that nobody happens to be combining. You talk about virgin territory - the most virgin territory there is, is the future. You can do anything you want with it. Nobody is doing anything with it.”
“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”

Source : Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.109, Penguin
“Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them.”

Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2007). “Poetry as Insurgent Art”, p.38, New Directions Publishing
“A man shrinks or expands into the degree and nature of his ambition. Ambition needs to be cultivated and refined, and yet has no teachers.”

Source : FaceBook post by Neel Burton from Jan 06, 2014
“So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.”
“Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.”
“I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on trial.”

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