I don't fake relationships, vibes, or anything with people. I just keep it real, and some people think I have a cold heart for that.

Screw pretty. I'd rather be strong. Pretty fades over time. Strength gets you through the bad shit.

Thea Harrison

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Barry Cornwall

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

Johann Sebastian Bach

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.

Marshall McLuhan

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death

Albert Camus

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

James Truslow Adams

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

Terry Pratchett

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff.

Brad Bird

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Claude M. Bristol

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

Giada De Laurentiis