"If die I must, let me die drinking in an Inn."

“Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had some children who were just like all children. And it rained all day. The woman had to skewer the hole in the kitchen sink, when it was blocked up. The man went to the pub every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The other nights he mended his broken bicycle, did the pool coupons, and longed for money and power. The woman read love stories and longed for things to be different. The children fought and yelled and played and had scabs on their knees. In the end they all died.”

“Many television weather-women were one abusive parent away from prostitution.”

“To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions.”

“Even buying a swimsuit is super difficult. And then making one is even harder.”

“The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.”

Source : "Breakups: Why I Make Movies About Them With My Boyfriend" by Zoe Lister-Jones, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2012.

“O sweet September, thy first breezes bring The dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter, The cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring And promise of exceeding joy hereafter.”

Source : George Arnold (1867). “Poems Grave and Gay”, p.45

“Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.”

“It's not the troubles we run into, it's what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives ... by the very act of trying, our spirit is making progress.”