"My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education."

“She shouldn't leave you. Or you shouldn't leave her. I haven't worked it out yet. But you shouldn't be apart.”

Source : "Mystic and Rider (The Twelve Houses, Book 1)". Book by Sharon Shinn, 2005.

“Images are not only visual. They're also auditory, they involve sensuous impressions, bundles of information that come to us through our senses, and mainly through seeing and hearing: the audio-visual field.”

“Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we should always desire.”

“I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.”

Source : Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1994). “My Dearest Daughter: A Letter from the Death Cell”

“I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.”

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

“Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.”

“British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.”

Source : 1066 and All That ch. 57 (1930). Coauthored with R. J. Yeatman.

“I didn't know adults could be changed. I thought they were finished pieces, baked through and kiln dried.”