"We care little about what the average citizen thinks."

“I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.”

“The only certainty is that we never know what tomorrow holds. We live for today, life is short, so let's enjoy it together while we can.”

“I have taken your advice, and the names used are anode cathode anions cations and ions; the last I shall have but little occasion for. I had some hot objections made to them here and found myself very much in the condition of the man with his son and ***** who tried to please every body; but when I held up the shield of your authority, it was wonderful to observe how the tone of objection melted away.”

“You're the first Shadowhunter I've ever met." “That’s too bad,” said Jace, “since all the others you meet from now on will be a terrible letdown.”

“Our acceptance of an ontology is, I think, similar in principle to our acceptance of a scientific theory, say a system of physics;we adopt, at least insofar as we are reasonable, the simplest conceptual scheme into which the disordered fragments of raw experience can be fitted and arranged.”

“The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes for which it was composed - it is an enormous art form.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. July 11, 2012.

“All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.”

“If a garden require it, now trench it ye may, one trench not a yard, from another go lay; Which being well filled with muck by and by, to cover with mould, for a season to lie.”

Source : Thomas Tusser (1848). “Some of the Five hundred points of good husbandry, newly corrected and ed. by H.M.W. [2 issues].”, p.38