"False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose."

“I don't know anything about science.”

“You are not what you are; You are darkness Looking for light within.”

“Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But we're out there. Trust me.”

Source : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.12, A&C Black

“New York has no truck with the past. It expels its dead.”

Source : Luc Sante (2016). “Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York”, p.10, Macmillan

“I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.”

Source : "Lisa Ling Helps Women Share Compassion Through Secrets". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 24, 2010.

“Christ is ever in the world of existence. He has never disappeared out of it.... Rest assured that Christ is present. The Spiritual beauty we see around us today is from the breathings of Christ.”

“I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: MovieWeb talks to the cast of A Dirty Shame!". movieweb.com. September 13, 2004.

“I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.”