"Experts in aging make a distinction between passive aging and purposeful aging. Successful, purposeful aging calls for continued involvement, relationships, discipline, and an attitude of faith."

“I have so much paperwork. I'm afraid my paperwork has paperwork.”

Source : Gabrielle Zevin (2016). “Elsewhere”, p.47, Bloomsbury Publishing

“It's fortunate that I am a writer, because that has helped me understand the properties of words. They are what have made life complex. In the battle for status in the animal kingdom, power and aggressiveness have been all-important. But among humans, once they acquired speech, all that changed.”

“Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming.”

“We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.”

Source : Bruce Robinson (2015). “Withnail and I”, p.22, Bloomsbury Publishing

“If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good.”

“When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.”

Source : Star Trek Database, www.startrek.com.

“In every house of marriage there's room for an interpreter.”

“You cut a hole in the building and people can look inside and see the way other people really lived.. it's making space without building it”