"You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about."

“Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.”

“The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his own desire for dominance gripped me. It seemed to explain almost everything, and I applied it to everything.”

Source : Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1972). “Dominant Mammal: The Biology of Human Destiny”

“Shakespeare is universal.”

“I was one of those kids that always drew all the time.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“Somewhere along the line, I conditioned myself to be a quick thinker. I take a step back and try to assess the situation, then make the best decision possible at the moment.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.”

“I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don't come back.”

Source : Philip Levine, “Father”

“In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.”