"If we did not take great pains, and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us."

“All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that were once beautiful because alive and are now false because dead.”

“Nutrition can make or break you on race day. It's not something you leave to chance. If you don't plan for it you're almost guaranteed to bonk.”

Source : Source: dirtbagfitness.blogspot.com

“Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.”

“I believe the old cliché, 'God helps those who help themselves,' is not only misleading but often dead wrong. My most spectacular answers to prayers have come when I was so helpless, so out of control as to be able to do nothing at all for myself.”

“He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy."”

Source : Amy Plum (2011). “Die For Me: Number 1 in series”, p.95, Hachette UK

“He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons.”

Source : Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.11, Random House

“We used to have a dog named Snoopy, you know, a real live dog. I suppose people who love Snoopy won't like it, but we gave him away. He fought with other dogs, so we traded him in for a load of gravel.”

“I have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises.”