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“People left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair, their voices, their hearing, their sight--at least as they normally experienced them....Some people lost their individuality in the water, but Riley always felt most herself. Water was supposed to symbolize renewal, she knew, but when Riley swam, pared down, alone, and unreachable--she felt a deeper sense of who she already was.”
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“A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.”
Source : "Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt". Book VII, 4, 13,
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“Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.”
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“I never want to look back on any moment and say I could have done more. So I go all in.”
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“I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.”
Source : Valedictory Speech in Parliament, www.infonews.co.nz. April 08, 2009. 
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“The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is a debased, dissolute, slum-dog society in which, by legal decree, the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper.”
Source : "Is It ‘moran’ Or ‘moron’?". www.ilanamercer.com. May 28, 2010.
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“I didn't really have anyone in particular who inspired me or that I found fascinating as a kid. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I began to find people - and they were all historic figures - that I began to relate to and find some inspiration in.”
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“If we're 15 minutes into a lifeless, redundant, status-based 1:1 and I don't have anything sitting in my back pocket, I'm going to turn it into a performance review.”
