"When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match."

“To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She could do so because her joy was rooted in the certitude of the ultimate goodness of God's loving plan for her. And though her faith in this truth did not touch her soul with consolation, she ventured to meet the challenges of life with a smile. Her one lever was her blind trust in God.”

Source : Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa (2012). “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The revealing private writings of the Nobel Peace Prize winner”, p.171, Random House

“The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.”

Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

“Life insurance can be numbingly complicated. Clients often turn off their brains and surrender their judgment to the very agent or planner who brought on their coma in the first place.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (2009). “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy”, p.335, Simon and Schuster

“absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird”

“There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.”

Source : "Daily Negations". Book by John S. Hall, 2007.

“A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.”

“I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.”

Source : "On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.

“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”