"Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be concealed; it ever commands our respect: assumed dignity, or importance, excites our ridicule and contempt."

“When she lives at his palace, the maiden niece of a bishop can pass for a respectable woman because, if she has a love affair, she is obliged to hoodwink her uncle.”

“Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.27, Vintage

“I hope to shine through my transparency and just let people know that we are all the same. I want children to look at things different like "You're shining too! You just shine in a different way."”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 27, 2015

“I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.”

“I'm remembering how this works. How life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong or could go worng, and complaints about the world around you. How a person you're excited about can remind you there's stuff going on beyond... routine oil changes and homework. Stuff that matters. Stuff to look forward to.”

“I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Writing, painting, singing -- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives.”

Source : Ally Condie (2012). “Reached”, p.275, Penguin