"It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband."

“Jenna.” Brock stroked the underside of her chin very gently, lifting her face up toward his. “Would it be all right if I kissed you?”

“The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.”

“And then what?" "I'll burn that bridge when I cross it.”

“You are thirst and thirst is all I know”

Source : Benjamin Alire Sáenz (1995). “Dark and Perfect Angels”

“A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.”

“We cannot measure, what it is we do not know to value.”

“A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals. But I'm more of a basketball player. That's what I want to be known as. And this is the best place for me to play basketball. I'm glad I'm here.”

“There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket.”

Source : "I have learnt a lot about life from cricket". S. Dinakar, "Sport Star", Volume 24, No. 38, September 22, 2001.