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“In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony.”
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“Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.”
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“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.”
Source : Nnedi Okorafor (2011). “Who Fears Death”, p.32, Penguin
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“With my hand in his, I looked at all the apartment buildings with rushes of love, peering in the wide streetside windows that revealed living rooms painted in dark burgandies and matte reds.”
Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake”, p.67, Random House
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“If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.”
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“Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.”
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“A woman at the Limited once asked me, 'Why do you work?' She said, 'You made a lot of money as a young man, so why are you still working?' I had never thought about it before. Forced to consider it, I told her, 'You know why? Because I think that if you stop to smell the roses, you'll get hit by a truck.”
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“Pop art is about liking things.”
