"It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself."

-- Kami Garcia

#Mom Quotes #Book Quotes #Smell Quotes

“Be on your toes tonight - or I'll be on yours tomorrow.”
“Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.”
“I want all my friends, family and fans to know that I am in good spirits and I will be fine.”
“One is very weak when one is in love.”
“Frederick Nietzsche was important to me, in teaching that it's okay to strive to improve the human being.”
“Talking's just a nervous habit.”

Source : Martha Grimes (2013). “The Deer Leap”, p.108, Simon and Schuster
“I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.”
“Suppose a state said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?”

Source : Elena Kagan during Supreme Court Arguments on California Gay Marriage Ban, www.npr.org. March 26, 2013.

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