"One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies."

“I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.”

“After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.”

“Sometimes, however, the Gaelic blood asserts itself. The Frenchmen will then attack. But the French attacking spirit is like bottled lemonade. It lacks tenacity. The Englishmen, on the other hand, one notices that they are of Germanic blood. Sportsmen easily take to flying, and Englishmen see in flying nothing but a sport.”

Source : Manfred von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.128, BoD – Books on Demand

“I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here looking for women just like you, with giant holes in your hearts, and they can smell when you got a good job and when you lonely as hell.”

“Chopped down the tree of peace, but it will grow again.”

Source : "Ousted Aristide Arrives in Africa, but Final Stop Is in Doubt". Interview with Michael Wines, www.nytimes.com. March 1, 2004.

“For me, I wanted to create something that's much more driven by a type of selfishness, a type of decadence.”

“The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.”

“I trust in my inspiration, really, and that's difficult because sometimes you would rather be technical. And once you empty your mind, empty your brain, it's really incredible. I'm very caring about things that dash into my brain, and I make sure I don't just clog it.”