"The greatest American superstition is belief in facts."

“The best music you make is relevant to the culture you are in, the timeframe you are in. I want to keep it as relevant as possible.”

“Literature is the history of the soul.”

Source : Barry Hannah (2010). “Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories”, p.457, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.”

Source : "Manchester's sporting success led to Team GB's Olympic glory" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2008.

“My goal should never be to raise kids that make me look good. (Oh but how my flesh craves this!) My goal should be to raise kids who love God and spend their lives making His goodness known in their corner of the world.”

“she had something I could not have, and so I resented her—but I realized the fault was mine and not hers.”

Source : Sharon Shinn (2001). “Summers at Castle Auburn”, p.191, Penguin

“Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.”

“must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.”

Source : Thomas Reid (1827). “Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic”, p.441

“You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural parenting talents that each of you has, you may inadvertently cast the two of you into the skewed but complementary roles of the Expert and the Dumb Apprentice.”

Source : Jean Marzollo (1991). “Your Maternity Leave”, Poseidon Press