"It's like a Venn diagram of tragedy."

“A garden should feel like a walk in the woods.”

“The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.”

Source : Erle Stanley Gardner (1983). “Pay Dirt: And Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert”, William Morrow & Company

“But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.”

“I read each evening, at night and whenever possible during the day when I am traveling. I have always read.”

“We found ourselves wanting to hurry time along, which was not in the long run good for our health. Everybody was trapped in this contradiction but nobody ever dared to articulate it.”

“We men of study, whose heads are in our books, have need to be straightly looked after! We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”

Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne (2005). “The Scarlet Letter”, p.124, Prestwick House Inc

“I did drop out of school.”

“You know my parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging… They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in their own rights.”

Source : "Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2013.