"Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again: Let us sing a song of cheer again, Happy days are here again!"

“The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing”

Source : Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.371, Penguin

“I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.”

“Life operates by deserve. So, in leading people, learn to work with the people who deserve it, not the people who need it.”

“In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.”

Source : "Robert Harris: 'I used to love politics. Not now'". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2010.

“And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.”

“It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage...”

“Girl Rising reminds us that educating the girls of today is an investment in everyone's tomorrow.”

“I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It feels good to be able to support a band you like. Plus, it'd be really hypocritical if I were still doing that, since I really hope people are buying and experiencing my music.”

Source : Source: thehotwatermusic.blogspot.com