"As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know?"

“Space is so close: It took only eight minutes to get there and twenty to get back.”

“One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me carry.”

“The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.”

Source : "The derisory pensions offer hits women workers hard" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2011.

“I've been afraid every single day of my life, but I've gone ahead and done it anyway.”

“I've never had paparazzi follow me and I rarely get recognised. I dress like a tramp when I'm not working. My hairdresser calls me the Romanian window cleaner. That's just the way I am.”

Source : "Melua: 'I Look Like A Tramp'". www.contactmusic.com. September 20, 2005.

“The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.”

Source : Jean Claude Killy, Michael Halstead (1978). “Situation Skiing”, Doubleday Books

“Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.”

Source : John Elder Robison (2011). “Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers”, p.128, Broadway Books