"The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy."

“I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.”

“Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are”

“I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.”

Source : "2014 Women Who Dare: Uzo Aduba". Interview with Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 12, 2014.

“But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!”

Source : 'New Morality' (1821) l. 207

“The design of everyday things is in great danger of becoming the design of superfluous, overloaded, unnecessary things.”

“To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.”

“Fabulous" Jack said, reaching down and plucking a crimson flower. A small scream sounded from it as he severed the stem. He smiled maliciously, then started stomping with abandon through the beds of blossoms, a chorus of tinny, shrill screams punctuating every step.”

“I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.”