"I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place."

-- Francoise Sagan

“The book was Maniacs in the Fourth Dimension, by Kilgore Trout. It was about people whose mental diseases couldn't be treated because the causes of the diseases were all in the fourth dimension, and three-dimensional Earthling doctors couldn't see those causes at all, or even imagine them.”
“I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts.”
“Signals from spirit all serve the same purpose; to give you back your life as a creator”
“I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.”
“You live with someone until they accept that you are what you are, that you're not going to change and they love that about you - and then they decide to marry you, I guess.”
“I'm sure a handful of people can relate to that experience of having some kind of romantic encounter - the event of love - which they just can't shake. They take it with them, despite their own desire, and it continually haunts them, and there's nothing to be done about it. That's a true rarity.”

Source : Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. August 10, 2012.
“There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years.”

Source : "Carol Vorderman: My family values". Interview with Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2011.
“If diphtheria is a disease caused by a microorganism, it is essential that three postulates be fulfilled. The fulfilment of these postulates is necessary in order to demonstrate strictly the parasitic nature of a disease: 1) The organism must be shown to be constantly present in characteristic form and arrangement in the diseased tissue. 2) The organism which, from its behaviour appears to be responsible for the disease, must be isolated and grown in pure culture. 3) The pure culture must be shown to induce the disease experimentally. An early statement of Koch's postulates.”

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