"As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark."

“There's no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.”

“It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted on the old one, philosopher, in all its spacious generality: we may suppose that this was his way of saying that he had not over-ridden the limiting conditions of class only to submit to the limitation of a profession.”

“I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself”

Source : Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.292, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.

“You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.”

Source : Bernie Mac (2002). “I Ain't Scared of You”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

“　When the leaders speak of peace 　The common folk know 　That war is coming 　When the leaders curse war 　The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread 　I go to the market where lies are bought 　Hopefully 　I take up my place among the sellers. 　”

“Show him every dawn & read to him endlessly.”

Source : Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.96, Faber & Faber

“Sympathy feels like a performative word, whereas empathy is human.”