"If I'm going to die, I want to still be me"

“Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.”

“Aromatherapy conveys the concept of healing with aromatic substances.”

Source : Robert Tisserand (1988). “Aromatherapy: To Heal and Tend the Body”, Lotus Press (WI)

“Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?”

“Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.”

“Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.”

Source : "Swingin' Chicks of the '60s: A Tribute to 101 of the Decade's Defining Women". Book by Chris Strodder, 2000.

“Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world.”

“He's got great vision. If he can get outside, he can take it all the way. That's what we were worried about.”

“When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Mar 25, 2013