"Change begets change."

--

Charles Dickens

“We had pastors testifying in favor of gun control. And they were quoting the Bible, too, for it. And there were no pastors on the other side testifying against gun control... I had to literally open up my Bible and read scripture to these pastors in a hearing in Olympia. A politician had to read scripture to pastors.”
“You are pure-hearted and lovely, and you have never done a moment's wrong. But you are a living creature, born to make a real life, however it cracks your heart.”

Source : Margo Lanagan (2009). “Tender Morsels”, p.400, Random House
“You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.”
“Tender, too, is the silence of human feet. You have but to pass a season amongst the barefooted to find that man, who, shod, makes so much ado, is naturally as silent as snow.”

Source : Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.452, eBookIt.com
“I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.”
“La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.”
“Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.”
“My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.”

Source : "New wonder kid on the block" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

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