"A normal adolescent isn't a normal adolescent if he acts normal."

-- Judith Viorst

“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.”
“We must walk in solidarity with those who are living with HIV/AIDS and with those at risk. As witnesses of Christ, we are called to respect the dignity of each person and to promote healthy living - physically, spiritually, morally and psychologically - through prevention and treatment”
“The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.”
“The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio RamÃ³n Ribeyro used to say a mature novel demands the author's death, not literal death but metaphoric death, which is the author has to truly erase himself. Therefore, to be truly free, you have to break free from internal and external pressures, to erase the self completely and become a sort of medium, let the story pass through yourself and let the story dance with you.”
“My pictures are airbrushed.”
“I've always identified [myself] with the warrior and good over evil, and you don't negotiate for good over evil, if you want peace and love, kill people that deny you that.”
“The greatest medicine is a true friend.”

Source : Sir William Temple, Jonathan Swift, Lady Martha Giffard (1740). “The life and character of Sir William Temple, written by a particular friend [his sister Lady Giffard] Observations upon the United provinces of the Netherlands. Miscellanea. Memoirs, the third part, from the peace concluded 1679 to the time of the author's retirement from publick business. Memoirs of what past in Christendom from the war begun 1672, to the peace concluded 1679”, p.309
“Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I think she's dating for creativity. So let's get her off the market and put her in dating detox. If she really wants love, she has to stop writing music about them.”

Source : “Patti Stanger Plays Matchmaker for Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and Jennifer Lawrence” by Zach Johnson, www.usmagazine.com. January 19, 2013.

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