During the last six months the little girl Harriet, without her noticing it, had disappeared and a new Harriet had taken her place. A Harriet who looked much the same outside, but was more of a person inside.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.

Virgil, Aeneid, The

As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.

Kathryn Stockett

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Joseph Conrad

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

Anon.

Your absolute qualities do not determine how you fare in the world. What actually counts is your performance relative to others.

Simon Ramo

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

John F. Kennedy

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Samuel Johnson

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

Nick Clegg

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Will Rogers

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Babies don't come with instruction booklets. You'd learn the same way we all do -- you'd read up on dinosaurs, you'd Google backhoes and skidders. And you don't need a penis to go buy a baseball glove.

Jodi Picoult

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam