"If we get too far ahead of ourselves we will fall over."

“The menu is not the meal.”

“The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.”

“I'm an angel compared to some of my friends.”

“Both at-home and working mothers can overmeet their mothering responsibilities. In order to justify their jobs, working mothers can overnurture, overconnect with, and overschedule their children into activities and classes. Similarly, some at-home mothers,... can make at- home mothering into a bigger deal than it is, over stimulating, overeducating, and overwhelming their children with purposeful attention.”

Source : Jean Marzollo (1991). “Your Maternity Leave”, Poseidon Press

“For me, improvisation is about working with a partner. That is much easier to do in the interview, because you have a sounding board.”

“The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.300, A&C Black

“Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows?" He smiles. "Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you.”

Source : Madeline Miller (2012). “The Song of Achilles”, p.347, A&C Black

“If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job.”