"People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction."

“It's actually really stereotypical that someone should be 40 and mellow out, but I think it's more about trying to conjure up a different intensity in my head, one where I'm more focused as a singer and hands-on with music and more exacting, and less trying to furiously fit a thousands thoughts into a four minute song.”

“I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money.”

Source : "Young, successful, well paid: are they killing feminism?" by Anushka Asthana, Denis Campbell, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2006.

“But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.”

“Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. ... Maybe one day whites and blacks can be real friends, but right now the country ain't built that way.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.115, Penguin

“Carried by light, images remain while sensation is so evanescent as to be always beyond belief.”

Source : Rae Armantrout (2010). “Versed”, p.11, Wesleyan University Press

“I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.”

“When I'm talking to someone I think 'can I use this dialogue in a book,'" said Luis. "If the answer is no I try talking to someone else.”

“Safety's just danger, out of place.”

Source : Song: Honestly Now, Album: She, 1994