"All finery is a sign of littleness."

-- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“I think when the music and the product is amazing, people buy it.”
“There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.”
“how much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.”

Source : Jan Struther (1940). “Mrs. Miniver”
“People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be honest: It's one of my least favorite questions, because if you're waiting for someone else's advice to become an entrepreneur, chances are you're not one.”
“The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.”
“The way we get to live forever is through memories stored in the hearts and souls of those whose lives we touch. That's our soul print. It's our comfort, our emotional nourishment at the end of the day and the end of a life. How wonderful that they are called up at will and savored randomly. It seems to me we should spend our lives in a conscious state of creating these meaningful moments that live on. Memories matter.”
“Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.”
“Adventure, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder.”

Source : Victoria Alexander (2008). “Seduction of a Proper Gentleman”, Avon

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