"Nobody is sicker than the man who is sick on his day off."

“I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure.”

Source : Allen Tate (1999). “Essays of Four Decades”, Isi Books

“The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.”

“I resisted the urge to pour mouthwash in my brain.”

Source : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.12, Penguin

“You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.”

Source : Melissa de la Cruz (2010). “The Van Alen Legacy: Number 4 in series”, p.148, Hachette UK

“Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.”

“The attitude of other people affects each of us and the attitude of each of us has the capacity to affect all of us.”

“I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.”

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”