"How infinitely superior to our physical senses are those of the mind!"

-- John Muir

“I never was a cheerleader. I'm an athlete. I'm probably not coordinated enough to be a cheerleader but that doesn't matter. I've always wanted to compete. And if I compete, I want to win. I was born competitive and that's in my blood. Whatever car I'm in, whatever series I'm running, whatever track I'm racing I want to be a factor. I want people to know that Shawna Robinson was there.”
“Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.”
“Love is a terrible weakness. It gives your enemies a perfect target, clouds your judgement, makes you reckless... and that's on a good day.”
“Branches grew from his hands, his hair. His thoughts tangled like roots in the ground. He strained upward. Pitch ran like tears down his back. His name formed his core; ring upon ring of silence built around it. His face rose high above the forests. Gripped to earth, bending to the wind's fury, he disappeared within himself, behind the hard, wind-scrolled shield of his experiences.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (1999). “Riddle-Master”, p.535, Penguin
“An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.”

Source : "A Kwanzaa Celebration" by Angela Shelf Medearis, (p. 154), 1995.
“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasnâ€™t important.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.71, Penguin
“I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The [people] for whom I feel the greatest sadness are the ones who choke on their beliefs, who never act on their ideals, who never know the state of struggle in a decent cause, and never know the thrill of even partial victories.”

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