"The present is burthened too much with the past."

“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.”

“Janie’s hip buzzes again. Maybe she'll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That would really suck.”

“I started doing cocaine to get through interviews, 'cause people wanted to know a lot about my personal life and I wasn't prepared for a 60 Minutes interview every time. Doing bumps I was able to get through the day, but then I would smoke weed to calm me down - it was the only way I could get through the day without people noticing I was doing it.”

“You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.”

“Every year, dads will dress up as Santa and try to surprise their kids by coming down the chimney, and every year, a dad gets stuck and dies.”

“I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!”

Source : Our Live Chat with Lydia Davis, www.newyorker.com. December 10, 2009.

“If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday”

“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”

Source : Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.24, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.