The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.

Lily Collins

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

Magic Johnson

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

Ludwig Erhard

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Bernadette Devlin

I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name.

Hugh Mackay

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

Voltaire

That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

Lauryn Hill

I like to sing around the bonfire, in my car and in the shower.

Jessica Pare

Truth and honesty are quite different. What a person believes to be true always follows when honesty leads the way. But truth can be asserted when one is being dishonest as well.

Eric Parslow

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

Tommy Lasorda