"A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible."

“Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.”

“It's really important that my lyrics are truthful.”

Source : "One to watch: Lianne La Havas" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2011.

“I knew that I had seen, had seen at last That girl my unremembering nights hold fast Or else my dreams that fly If I should rub an eye, And yet in flying fling into my meat A crazy juice that makes the pulses beat....”

“I spent several years cooking on a line.”

Source : "Jose Garces Celebrates Cinco de Mayo" by Sarah Rosenbergtom McCarthy, abcnews.go.com. May 5, 2010.

“Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.”

“The Celtic fans are very special and the club and players can be very proud of them. They are the best I have ever heard.”

“the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.”

Source : Margaret Millar (2015). “Vanish in an Instant”, p.33, Soho Press

“What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To be tasted in her delicious fruits, To be listened to in her teaching, To be endured in the severity of her discipline, To be cared for as a maternal source from whence we come, a destiny to which we return. It's very simple...”