All these books have lived together ... inside my mind. They follow one another only on paper and because of an utter impossibility to let themselves be all written at the same time. Whatever book I write, I never devote myself to it completely, and the matter which most insistently requires me soon later develops, however, at the other end of me.

Off the rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anyone.

Francoise Giroud

She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins.

Tom Robbins

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

Nelson Mandela

The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.

Kurt Vonnegut

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

Heston Blumenthal

Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are.

Source Unknown

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

Jodi Picoult

I have six sisters, so I assumed I'd have a girl. Learning I was having a boy was really weird.

Melissa Joan Hart

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

Alanis Morissette

A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.

Victor Hugo

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

Bob Riley

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Federico Fellini