Some conjurers say that number three is the magic number, and some say number seven. It's neither my friend, neither. It's number one. (Fagin)

The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

Laura Marling

If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.

Rumi

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

Samuel Johnson

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Samuel Butler

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

Paula Danziger

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 1:19-20

Bible

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.

Thomas Kempis

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

Louis Farrakhan

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

Terry Pratchett

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Blaise Pascal

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.

George Bernard Shaw