"People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine."

“I've been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.”

Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

“People do things for love and belief and passion, not just because they're paid to do it.”

Source : Interview with Nitsuh Abebe, pitchfork.com. November 10, 2008.

“I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any big pressure. 'The Gathering' did hang over me in that it was darker than I thought at the time.”

“In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.”

“My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line.”

“Bleeding feet will bond us.”

“Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing to fashion fascism.”

“Why do you think people cheat?," I asked. "Because they're bored? Because they can? Because they're selfish and think they're entitled to anything they want? Because they don't think they'll get caught?”

Source : Sarah Mlynowski (2011). “Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done”, p.153, Hachette UK