"It is a happy woman when the spirit time is come, that finds herself in the presence of a good man."

“The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be.”

“Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help from Sangha.”

“But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.”

“Some people say that suicide is a sin, but I have never believed that. I say it's God's way of calling certain folks home early. It's much nicer than an awful accident, where the rest of us are left wondering if the person really wanted to go.”

Source : Faith Sullivan (2011). “The Cape Ann: A Novel”, p.296, Broadway Books

“I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.”

Source : Sir Max Beerbohm (1922). “Works”

“I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.”

“I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd.”

“When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only our country safer and more secure because people are not relegated to living in the shadows and not creating underground economies, it also is better for wages because the fact that people are working on the books in the open means that there's greater demand for labor and you don't have this submarket.”