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“I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.”
Source : John Betjeman (1994). “Letters: 1951 to 1984”
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“Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but it's also saddled with democracy's vice - a tendency to assume that everyone who has a right to be heard has something to say that's worth hearing.”
Source : Wendy Kaminer (2000). “Sleeping with Extra-terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety”, Vintage
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“If you wish to ruin yourself, marry a rich wife.”
Source : Jules Michelet (1859). “Love: ("L'amour.")”, p.55
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“Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.”
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“Your only gain is to try to get me to fall down to your level. Man, you worser than devils.”
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“Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.”
Source : Jane Pauley (2014). “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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“England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.”
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“I like the night. I like a slight terror to remind me how precious life is. Like I was sleeping with my smallest child and there were crazy coyotes howling outside. I knew how lucky I was to have her near me.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
