"Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country."

“There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you.”

Source : Anthony Powell (2010). “The Acceptance World: Book 3 of A Dance to the Music of Time”, p.130, University of Chicago Press

“You think I'm deranged! How refreshing. Everyone here takes me so seriously, it's a wonderful change to be thought mentally deficient.”

Source : Katie MacAlister (2010). “Sex, Lies, and Vampires”, p.4, Harper Collins

“One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self.”

“Denial is pushing something out of your awareness. Anything you hide in the basement has a way of burrowing under the house and showing up on the front lawn.”

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”

“I suffer because my interactions with others do not meet the expectations I did not know I had.”

“I've heard that Oasis or Coldplay will sell tickets, but they can't sell records. They sold out Madison Square Garden in three hours. And they can't sell albums. I don't know what's going on.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward. I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff. Rock n’ roll is closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down.”