"The stone is a mirror which works poorly. Nothing in it but dimness. Your dimness or its dimness, who's to say? In the hush your heart sounds like a black cricket."

“Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.”

Source : William Watson Purkey, David B. Strahan (2002). “Inviting Positive Classroom Discipline”, p.11, National Middle School Association

“What good are friends if they cant do you any good?”

Source : Anton Szandor LaVey (2000). “The Devil's Notebook”, p.143, Feral House

“One can never have too many books.”

Source : "8 Questions With: Reed Krakoff". Interview with Laurie Brookins, gotham-magazine.com. March 8, 2011.

“Life is too short to drink the house wine.”

“Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- 'piccoli segreti' -- that are simmering on the burners.”

“If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”

“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”

Source : The Guardian, September 30, 1988.

“This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the horns. Actors who are frustrated ... [should] do your own project. Find a writer, shoot a movie. It can be done,”

Source : "Tony Shalhoub tries something new". Interview with Stephanie Snipes, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2004.