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“I am my mother's daughter,... I am her only novel.”
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“To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now.”
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“Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than another; all were flawed, all were equally doomed to suffering, mostly because they couldn't see that they were all alike. Mortals might have been contemptible, true, but not evil entirely. They did enjoy killing one another and frequently came up with ingenious excuses for doing so on a grand scale-religions, economic theories, ethnic pride-but we couldn't condemn them for it, as it was in their mortal natures and they were too stupid to know any better.”
Source : Kage Baker (2005). “In the Garden of Iden”, p.51, Macmillan
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“If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.”
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“Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory”
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“So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it.”
Source : Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.35, Knopf
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“If you want to play a game, go to where it's played and find a way to get in. Things happen when you get in the game.”
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“I let go of all expectations. People, places and things are free to be themselves, and I am free to be me.”
