"Only poetry inspires poetry."

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..”

“Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller, whose gifts are displayed on every page of this beautiful, daring, and deeply humane book.”

“Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.”

“Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.”

“The Nordic welfare model is in many aspects a good model but it needs more of a choice for individuals.”

Source : "Profile: Fredrik Reinfeldt". news.bbc.co.uk. September 18, 2006.

“There is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing.”

“People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.”

Source : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.262

“This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.”