"If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist."

“I pride myself on how little space I take up. I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry fall leaf, complete with a translucent spine and brittle veins, blowing away in a stiff wind, up, up, up into a crisp blue sky,”

Source : Julie Gregory (2003). “Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood”, Bantam

“When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Aug 06, 2015

“I wish to emphasize that there are no secrets to golf.”

“I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.”

“If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated.”

Source : Glennon Doyle Melton (2014). “Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

“You gotta learn to laugh, it's the way to true love.”

“What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they are... when goodness prevails... blah blah blah. I'm a cheese ball.”

Source : Source: fierth.com

“People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.”

Source : Edwidge Danticat (2004). “Krik? Krak!”, p.16, Soho Press