"If I diminish you, I diminish myself"

-- Desmond Tutu

“Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it.”
“A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.”
“Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future.”
“After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.”
“In my experience of vegan food it tends to be a symphony of beige.”
“Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.”
“The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.”
“Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, " he said, sounding much happier. "What sort of story is it?”

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