"Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much."

“There is not any haunt of prophecy, Nor any old chimera of the grave, Neither the golden underground, nor isle Melodious, where spirits gat them home, Nor visionary south, nor cloudy palm Remote on heaven's hill, that has endured As April's green endures; or will endure Like her remembrance of awakened birds, Or her desire for June and evening, tipped By the consummation of the swallow's wings.”

“At the end of the day, I'm a human being.”

Source : "British rapper Tinie Tempah gets up close & personal with Serial Optimist". Interview with Rawiya Kameir, www.serialoptimist.com. December 16, 2010.

“When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.”

“I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.”

“I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there I started collecting vinyl and fell in love with the sounds of the 1970s.”

Source : "Lady Gaga: See our pics when she was boring rather than eccentric". www.mirror.co.uk. November 25, 2009.

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“There's probably a bunch of Power Stripe floating through the Def Jam offices right now.”

“Who is she, why is she still here and when can I see her naked? Paris asked with an eyebrow wiggle”

Source : Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Night”, p.69, HQN Books