That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

Xun Zi

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Otto von Bismarck

When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can think.

Stephen Chbosky

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

Bob Dylan

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Confucius

As your lover describes you, so you are.

Jeanette Winterson

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

Mark Twain

Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Jeff Daly

There are so many charlatans in the world of education. They teach for a couple of years, come up with a few clever slogans, build their websites, and hit the lecture circuit. In this fast-food-society, simple solutions to complex problems are embraced far too often. We can do better. I hope that people who read this book realize that true excellence takes sacrifice, mistakes, and enormous amounts of effort. After all, there are no shortcuts.

Rafe Esquith

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

Dorothy Parker

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind -- a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

Eden Phillpotts, A Shadow Passes