"Maybe she, like me, would have loved the tiny details and inconveniences even more dearly than the wonders, because they are the things that prove you belong."

“It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.”

“You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about.”

“I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a season of life like no other art form can.”

“He found it so easy and so pleasant to cry that he didn’t try to stop for a while, until he realized he was forcing his sobs a little, exaggerating their depth with unnecessary shudders. … The whole point of crying is to quit before you coined it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted”

“Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The prime minister says he has a vision for change, well put that to the people of the country.”

“He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.825, Bantam

“He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.”