"I am made to tremble and I fear!"

-- Pope John XXIII

“I think, with suits and clothes, if you keep them long enough, they all come back in fashion. It's like me. I've been around long enough and I've come back in fashion.”

Source : "CNN Connie Chung Tonight", www.cnn.com. November 6, 2002.
“when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness.”
“When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art.”

Source : Jonah Lehrer (2011). “Proust Was a Neuroscientist”, p.197, Canongate Books
“If one were to claim that the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq have been provided with "keys to heaven" by the Pentagon, would that need historical research to be disproved or would you just say, "That's just propaganda"? Indeed, how can you disprove the claim that U.S. soldiers have such keys? Or why should you disprove such ridiculous claims? It is the accusers who must provide the evidence.”
“We do not go to Holy Communion because we are good; we go to become good.”
“Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?”

Source : Bret Easton Ellis (2010). “Lunar Park”, p.206, Pan Macmillan
“When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.”
“I had a dream I was walking down the street and didn't have to hold anyone's hand”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 29, 2011

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