"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."

“What a great thing! To be a writer! Words are something you can carry in your head. You can really 'travel light.'”

Source : Robert Creeley (1972). “A sense of measure”, London, Calder and Boyars

“It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.”

“I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.”

“Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.”

“A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.”

“The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture”

“As applied to substance abuse, the cognitive approach helps individuals to come to grips with the problems leading to emotional distress and to gain a broader perspective on their reliance on drugs for pleasure and/or relief from discomfort.”

Source : Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Cory F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese (2011). “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse”, p.47, Guilford Press

“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”