"Don't ever be discouraged with yourself because you have not arrived at success, but instead be pleased that you are pressing toward it."

“In addition to the well-known benefits of health and well-being derived from exercise, there are other unique advantages to being a runner. You are more attuned to not only your body but also the world around you. The outdoor life you lead as a runner gives you a special relationship with your surroundings: nature, the climate, the seasons. As you depend on these things to accommodate your activity, you grow to understand and appreciate them.”

“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”

Source : J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

“I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.”

“Writing. Love is writing.”

Source : Hilda Doolittle (1981). “Hermione”, p.129, New Directions Publishing

“The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.”

“A life-whether seamstress or poet, farmer or king-is measured not by length, but by the worth of its deeds, and the power of its dreams.”

“I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets,' he said. 'You've no idea how many times I have walked these moors and smelled them and thought you were near. On and on I walked, following the scent of you, and you were never there. When I saw you in the hall tonight, I thought I had finally gone mad.”

“I was the first Arts Council official in the archipelago to do something for what you might call indigenous music.”

Source : Scottish Review of Books Interview, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org. October 19, 2009.