"We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within."

“North Carolina is strong because our people are strong. They define our state - by their hard work, commitment to their families and neighbors, their willingness to sacrifice so that their children can have a chance to forge their own path.”

Source : "Kay Hagan DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 06, 2012.

“The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.”

“I don't speak, I float in the air wrapped in a sheet I'm not a real person, I'm a ghost trapped in a beat”

“The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.”

“I’m a big believer in accepting yourself the way you are and not really worrying about it.”

“As soon as I was old enough to peer over the worktops, I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It just seemed such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it.”

Source : "Paul Merton: 'Am I allowed to call myself working-class now?'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2011.

“The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.”

“Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.”