"You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real people, capable of making mistakes without moping about it."

“My skin was the border between the world and me.”

Source : Aleksandar Hemon (2012). “The Question of Bruno”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

“To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to pursue; but is it the most honest, or the safest? Is it better to reveal the snares and pitfalls of like to the young and thoughtless traveller, or to cover them with branches and flowers? Oh, reader! if there were less of this delicate concealment of facts--this whispering "Peace, peace," when there is no peace, there would be less of sin and misery to the young of both sexes who are left to wring their bitter knowledge from experience.”

“Oh England is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high, But England is a cruel place for such poor folks as I”

“We live in uncertain times when it comes to the future of life on Earth.”

“To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist.”

“Each of us face a moment in our lives called 'the breakdown moment.' This is the time when you must stand toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball, with the very thing you have tried desperately to avoid. In that moment, when there is nothing standing between you and the thing you fear the most, you will be forced to step into your greatness, because that is what life is demanding of you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Feb 08, 2014

“Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.”

“If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time.”