"Just because your prince hasn't come doesn't mean you're not a princess."

“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”

“The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.”

“Because they do burn leaves here, the older folks do, and I remember now that I love it and always have. The way fall feels at night because of it, because of the crackling sound and walking around the sidewalks, like when you're a kid, and kicking those soft piles, and seeing smoke from backyards and Mr. Kilstrap standing over the metal drum with the holes in the top, the sparking embers at his feet.”

Source : Megan Abbott (2012). “Dare Me: A Novel”, p.70, Hachette UK

“I've never had the impulse for someone else to translate me into my own language. My impulse has always been to translate someone else into mine.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“I don't want to try to live up to someone who's created something so incredible. I'm just trying to focus on what I'm doing and what I do best. It's sometimes hard to focus in and only think about my books rather than how they measure up to someone else's.”

“A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.”

“Our houses are hosts to these creatures which are ultra-tiny (so small they were only first discovered in 1965) which live in human carpets, in our beds, on our food, floating in the air, in fact, they are omnipresent.”

“The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in theater, film, and television, because there's not much opportunity in terms of employment there.”

Source : "Interview with Deborah Mailman – Star of The Sapphires". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. March 21, 2013.