"A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork."

“We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves.”

Source : Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.465, Algonquin Books

“I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.”

Source : "Is the word 'girl' offensive?" by Naomi McAuliffe, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2014.

“I'm pretty private as a person - people generally think they know more about me than they do, because I gregariously advertise what I want known. So it pains me to think people might feel they have an insight into my personal matters, which they most certainly do not.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

“I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.”

“Some things in life you just can't ride around”

“Her memory's your love. You want no other.”

“I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating.”