"The person that angers you most, teaches you best"

“Perhaps art is simply an organism's reaction against its retentive limitations.”

“A nut is someone whose noose broke.”

Source : Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.86, Macmillan

“Her sunny side was always up.”

Source : Richard Brautigan (2012). “Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel”, p.77, Canongate Books

“Growth only really comes at the point of resis­tance, but that is the moment that we tend to stop. Because it hurts…pushing our lim­its is a mus­cle that can be cul­ti­vated like any other–incrementally”

Source : "Learning about Learning". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, sharpbrains.com. January 21, 2009.

“I wasn't eating the right kinds of calories. I didn't know about healthy carbs such as brown rice and lentils. Now I eat small meals throughout the day: oatmeal with cinnamon to start, fruit and yogurt as a snack, and vegetables or with chicken or tuna, and a healthy carb, like a yam, for lunch.”

Source : "Alison Sweeney's Stay-Slim Secrets". Interview with Ashley Mateo, www.self.com. August 13, 2011.

“I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda”

“No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your own hands and body. As the ball makes its high, long arc beyond the playing field, the diamond and the stands suddenly belong to one man. In that brief, brief time, you are free of all demands and complications.”

“Forgetting takes space./Forgotten matters displace/as much anything else as/anything else. We must/skirt unlabeled crates/as thought it made sense/and take them when we go/to other states.”