"You whispered my full name and we fell asleep in each other's arms and I remember how the next morning you were gone, completely gone, and nothing in my bed or the house could have proven otherwise."

“The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

“Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.”

“Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.”

“Most of the holiday movies I enjoy, like 'It's a Wonderful Life,' don't really involve Santa.”

“It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates. A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.”

“It was an addiction. A pointless, self-destructive addiction. But really, is there any other kind?”

“It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.”

Source : Lauren Willig (2011). “The Secret History of the Pink Carnation”, p.232, Allison & Busby

“We have become a nation ruled by fear. Since the end of the Second World War, various political leaders have fostered fear in the American people--fear of communism, fear of terrorism, fear of immigrants, fear of people based on race and religion, fear of gays and lesbians in love who just want to get married and fear of people who are somehow different. It is fear that allows political leaders to manipulate us all and distort our national priorities.”

Source : Mike Gravel (2011). “A Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Man's Fight to Stop It”, p.252, Seven Stories Press