"Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women."

“We allow ourselves to be blown by the winds because we do know what we want: our hearts know it, even if our thoughts are sometimes slow to follow- but in the end they do catch up with our hearts and then we think we have made a decision”

Source : Muhammad Asad (1954). “The Road To Mecca”, p.80, The Book Foundation

“We have work to do if you are not to be a total failure like high-waisted, acid-wash jeans.”

“I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have a stomach, and it cries aloud for sustenance." "I weep for you," said Philip. "Why do I waste my poetic gems upon you?”

“My hope is to incite that feeling of inspiration in as many other people as possible. To receive and pass along that baton to anyone willing to carry it further. I guess the answer to the question would be I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.”

Source : "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 16, 2015.

“And yet in a funny way our lack of success led to our breakthrough; because, since we could not get a cell line off the shelf doing what we wanted, we were forced to construct it. And the original experiment ... developed into a method for the production of hybridomas ... [which] was of more importance than our original purpose.”

“The main target for the next years should be growth and job creation.”

Source : "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”

Source : Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.142, Hamilton Books

“The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.”