"We're all living in different states and we all have different systems within those states. Even on the most basic personal level, it affects me."

“I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career”

Source : "Multiple Sclerosis". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.

“Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.”

“The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who injured us; and it is hardly possible for one man to be more unlike another than he that forbears to avenge himself of wrong is to him who did the wrong.”

Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.33

“I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.”

“And now I may dismiss my heroine to the sleepless couch, which is the true heroine's portion - to a pillow strewed with thorns and wet with tears. And lucky may she think herself, if she get another good night's rest in the course of the next three months.”

“Music is like a river or stream that has come down to us through time, bringing nurture to man's soul. From the past masters, this music flowed to my father and through him to me. I want to keep this stream flowing. I don't want it to die. It must spread all over the world.”

“Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.”

Source : "Alison Lundergan Grimes Talks Abortion As She Unfurls Policy Positions" By Howard Fineman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2013.

“I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.”