"There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way."

“You know, the energy I think I was just born with. I think I was just always like that as I kid; I was always real energetic.”

“Ann Sjoerdsma has successfully blended the fascinating story of her illustrious father's scientific achievements [in wide-ranging] drug research, with an enjoyable historic account of the astounding progress of biomedical science during the second half of the 20th century.”

“I don't know why this is, but I really believe that things don't happen when we're trying to will them into being. They don't happen when we're waiting for the phone to ring or the email to pop up in our inbox. They don't happen when we're gripping too tightly. They happen-if they happen at all-when we've fully let go of the results. And, perhaps, when we're ready.”

Source : "The Manifest-Station Q&A Series: Best-Selling Author Dani Shapiro". Interview with Jennifer Pastiloff, www.themanifeststation.net. September 29, 2013.

“But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics.”

“A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.”

“Movember is an event that I've supported for a number of years. I haven't grown a moustache myself before, but I've always donated to others. I think that raising awareness for men's health is really important. You see a lot of initiatives - very public initiatives - around women's health, like breast cancer awareness and the like, but men's health issues tend to go more unnoticed. I think this is a great cause and I'm proud to support it.”

Source : "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

“In my garden the winds have beaten the ripe lilies; in my garden, the salt has wilted the first flakes of young narcissus.”

“Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.”