"The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear."

“The trend today is vampires, zombies, angels, all the stuff that puts me right to sleep. It's too bad because it's so much less interesting than the diversity of stories you can tell with science.”

“The sick man is taken away by the institution that takes charge not of the individual, but of his illness, an isolated object transformed or eliminated by technicians devoted to the defense of health the way others are attached to the defense of law and order or tidiness.”

“In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of the moment.”

“We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.”

“The only way to come to a full acceptance and understanding of yourself is to embrace your own culture, quirks and differences while learning about those around you and exploring, incorporating and embracing their cultures, differences, quirks, etcetera.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

“The future will be different if we make the present different.”

Source : Peter Maurin (2010). “Easy Essays”, p.61, Wipf and Stock Publishers

“It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.”

“I am hopeful that the pendulum swings toward seeing immigrants in favorable terms once more.”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.