"There is nothing more delightful than to scoop up a wild joey in your arms and smell the wind and eucalyptus in the coats of the gentle kangaroo or the deep-earth smell of tiny wallabies. It is wonderful to see the trust in their eyes and the gradual realization that you mean them no harm."

“If you don't know by now, you're never going to know.”

“The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Oscar Wegelin (1970). “America's First Negro Poet: The Complete Works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”

“Life is what you make of it. There's always fun and laughs right under your nose if you're willing to open your eyes to see it.”

“Let every act be just, and proper, and beneficial.”

Source : Ann Leckie (2013). “Ancillary Justice: THE HUGO, NEBULA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD WINNER”, p.118, Hachette UK

“Friendship needs both confidences and confidence in the other's outstretched hand.”

“Do I believe Edward Snowden contributed to the rise of ISIS? Yes. Would they have gotten there without the help he provided them? Probably. Would they have been able to conduct this attack in Paris without him? Maybe. So the honest answer is I don't know.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com

“Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.”

“Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.”