"Don't let the muggles get you down."

“The happiness which we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings. . . . The world in which a person lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he or she looks at it.”

“Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when it comes to predicting what would bring us that joy. . . Hope that is attached to a particular outcome is looking for pleasure but fishing for pain, because attachment itself is a source of pain. It is best to hope for an experience of life in all its fullness-a life that can embrace both joy and sorrow, and will still be at peace.”

“Behavior shapes emotions.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

“I finally crashed. I drove like an idiot all day.”

“I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.”

“The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.”

“I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.”

“We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.17, Heart of Dixie Publishing