"Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect."

“Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess.”

Source : "Brené Brown's Top 4 Life Lessons". www.oprah.com.

“My Pa always said, Live fast, die laughing, thats the way to do it.”

“One always has the air of someone who is lying when one speaks to a policeman.”

“Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand.”

“Rule number something or other -- never tell anybody anything unless you're going to get something better in return.”

Source : Sara Paretsky (2011). “Deadlock”, p.34, Dell

“The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

“The more people, as you know, are able to be on whatever spectrum of femininity and masculinity they are on at that moment, that opens the door for women to not have to be the opposite of what the supposed traditional male is.”

“The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.”