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“Love is a great power, and such a strange power...”
Source : Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax
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“We can tentatively credit capitalist civilization with a positive, if very geographically uneven, record in the struggle against disease.”
Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.120, Verso
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“Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.”
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“I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture. It could rain in a room this big.”
Source : Hugh Laurie (1998). “The Gun Seller”, p.165, Simon and Schuster
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“I don't want to open my mouth or speak anymore, because everything I say becomes scandalous. It wears you out.”
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“I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.”
Source : Miep Gies (2012). “Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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“Artists are like cockroaches; everything is grist for the mill.”
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“Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy.”
Source : Robert David Steele (2012). “The Open-Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust”, p.86, North Atlantic Books
