"Absence, the highest form of presence."

“One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.”

“I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.”

“Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future.”

Source : Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.115, Crossing Press

“No pay, no Goldblum. That's it.”

“I went to school, and I remember that you had to do these tests to find out what set you're in - how clever you are. I put down "Kit Harington," and they looked at me like I was completely stupid, and they said, "No, you're Christopher Harington, I'm afraid." It was only then I learnt my actual name. That was kind of a bizarre existential crisis for an 11-year-old to have, but in the end I always stuck with Kit, because I felt that's who I was. I'm not really a "Chris."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for a task worthy of our strength, and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.”

Source : Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.

“My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.”

“A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.”