"Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise."

“Everything in nature has its own intrinsic charm, as the work of its Creator's hand; but the chief beauty of the whole lies in its suggested relations to humanity. Things announce and wait for persons. The house would not have been thus beautifully built and furnished, except for an expected tenant.”

“I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.”

Source : "Didier Drogba: 'Having a stadium named after me is historic'". Interview with David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

“People who are harder to love pose a challenge, and the challenge makes them easier to love. You're driven to love them. People who want their love easy don't really want love.”

Source : Rachel Kushner (2014). “The Flamethrowers: A Novel”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

“Movements are powerful forces of human nature. But fashion has never been egalitarian. There needs to be a balance between aspiration and accessibility, curation and community.”

“The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.”

“Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.”

“The minority yields to the majority!”

“The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.”