"One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in."

“In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.168, Counterpoint Press

“The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties.”

“I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.”

“He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he's telling the truth. He just doesn't recognize truth or falsehood.”

“Lizzie Harris's debut collection, Stop Wanting, crafts images and lines of such arresting splendor that I am very often driven to joy at the feats of beauty and healing that language is capable of bringing into being.”

“It's exciting to think that something I'm involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures.”

“There's power to: and everyone should have that, but everyone doesn't. Power to play Bach, or tennis, or boccie if you like. And there's power over; and no one should have that, but people do.”

“Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities, but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem.”