"Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations."

“I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Dancin' in the welfare lines.”

Source : Song: Weasel and the White Boys Cool, 1990

“The system is not working. That is how a paradigm shift begins: the established way of seeing the world no longer functions.”

“The gentle fair on nervous tea relies, Whilst gay good-nature sparkles in her eyes; An inoffensive scandal fluttering round, Too rough to tickle, and too light to wound.”

“It's a very different bond, siblings and friends. And I just - I wanted that huge family, just to surround me, be surrounded by.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com

“We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration.”

Source : H. Emilie Cady (2016). “The Collected Works of H. Emilie Cady: Spiritual Guidance Books & New Thought Classics: Lessons In Truth - Practical Christianity Course + How I Used Truth & God + A Present Help”, p.11, e-artnow

“I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?”

“As you've noticed people don't want to be sold. What people do want is news and information about the things they care about.”