"I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation."

“A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.”

Source : J.M. Coetzee (2009). “Summertime”, p.61, Random House

“Financial crises require governments.”

“Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people”

“Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.”

“Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

“I don't resent working long hours. I shouldn't- I'm the one who set up my life this way. I love to work. It's the thing that I get the most satisfaction out of-nd probably what I do best. Not that I don't enjoy days off. I love vacations and loafing around. But I think much of the world has the wrong idea of working. It's one of the good things in life. The feeling of accomplishment is more real and satisfying than finishing a good meal- or looking at one's accumulated wealth.”

“Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.”

Source : Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

“Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.”