"I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars."

“Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy.”

Source : "The Return of Big Government". www.weeklystandard.com. March 9, 2009.

“Expect the best and people will rise to the occasion.”

“The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2013). “I Await the Devil's Coming”, p.14, Melville House

“Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.”

“A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.”

Source : Mary Astor (1971). “A life on film”

“All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs and Scout troops. Their children tend to be happy, confident and socially engaged.”

Source : "The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling". Book by Quinn Cummings, 2012.

“And I know you're not supposed to say 'Nazi Germany,' but I don't care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.”

“Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.”