"I don't want to be that bitter dude. Everyone finds their own special experience with the city no matter what."

“I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.”

“When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.”

“What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.”

“Telling me that I’m obsessed with talking about racism in America is like telling me I’m obsessed with swimming when I’m drowning.”

Source : "Hari Kondabolu on Why You Can't Be 'Obsessed With Race' in America" by Jamilah King, www.colorlines.com. February 6, 2014.

“Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.”

“The Original Sin which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy and dictatorship was the Federal Income Tax Amendment and its illegitimate child, Federal Aid.”

“I'm a decent cook, and I will try to cook anything. My only weakness is that I don't know servings - I only know how to make a lot.”

“Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn't that always the way, that at the heart of the fire is a frozen kernel of sorrow that the fire is trying -- valiantly, fruitlessly -- to eradicate.”

Source : FaceBook post by Claire Messud from Sep 04, 2014