"In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind."

“Every great cause was initiated by someone whose heart was broken.”

“Without God, I don't see how folks cope.”

“It is in the darkness that one finds the light.”

“As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.”

“That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one's passion.”

Source : Marguerite Duras (2013). “The Ravishing of Lol Stein”, p.54, Pantheon

“No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.”

Source : "Save on a Memorial Day party, Guy Fieri-style" by Candice Choi, www.today.com. May 19, 2011.

“But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.”

“The work needs to get out of your head and on to the table, and it needs to be done from the heart.”