"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."

“I am a passport-carrying citizen of the E.U.”

“What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.”

“There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.”

“Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”

“Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.”

“God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.”

Source : Harold S. Kushner (2006). “Overcoming Life's Disappointments”, p.15, Anchor

“The wolf stared down at me, paws still on my chest, its shaggy tail thumping from side tot side and spraying us both with snow. It seemed like...it expected me to do something. Maybe my mind was completley gone, because there was only one thing I could thing of right now that might satisfy it. I reached up en awkwardly patted the side of its head, since that was al i could reach. "Nice puppy," I whispered, and passed out.”

“Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.”

Source : "Why Author Kathryn Harrison Wants Her Writing to 'Destroy Your Equilibrium'". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.oprah.com. November 2014.