"Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile."

“I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.”

“Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.”

“The world is now unipolar and contains o­nly o­ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. In this context, given our common values and the political, economic and security interests that we share with the United States, there is now no more important foreign policy interest for Canada than maintaining the ability to exercise effective influence in Washington so as to advance unique Canadian policy objectives.”

“The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.”

Source : "How Ralph Lauren's Daughter Is Building A Candy Empire" by David Mielach, www.businessinsider.com. April 19, 2012.

“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”

Source : Henry Morton Stanley (2015). “A la recherche de Livingstone: Sur les traces du célèbre explorateur”, p.151, Magellan & Cie Éditions

“I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.”

“Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?”

Source : Joe Hill (2013). “NOS4R2”, p.222, Hachette UK

“I know your cause is lost, but in the heart / Of all right causes is a cause that cannot lose.”