"We are good if our peers think we’re great. But we are great if the real world thinks we’re good."

“It is a deplorable fact that many Christians are so accustomed to a certain creed and dogma of their own that they will adhere to it even at the sacrifice of the great moral laws of love and mercy.”

“I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.”

Source : William Kidd, Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty (1936). “The tryal of Capt. William Kidd for murther & piracy upon six several indictments: as also the tryals of Nicholas Churchill, James Howe, Robert Lamley, William Jenkins, Gabriel Loff, Hugh Parrot, Abel Owens, Richard Barlicorn, & Darby Mullins, at the Admiralty sessions held at the Old Bailey, London, on the 8th & 9th of May, 1701”

“If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.”

“I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into full-on panic mode, as if each falling flake crashes to earth with its own individual baggie of used hypodermic needles. It’s ridiculous.”

Source : Cherie Priest (2011). “Bloodshot”, p.116, Spectra

“Winnipeg has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world, I believe. They can be quite simple in a great way and often have sparse backgrounds and isolated characters. They often have a really great look to them.”

“You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them”

“Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.”

Source : Lauren Willig (2011). “The Orchid Affair: A Pink Carnation Novel”, p.299, Penguin

“I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such a degree; at a certain point it becomes humorous, and this story is not meant to be humorous. This story is meant to winch your ribs open and tamper with your heart. This story is meant to make you realize that your chances of happiness in this world are terribly slim if you lack a fine imagination.”

Source : Heidi Julavits (2004). “The Effect of Living Backwards”, p.260, Penguin