"Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism."
Bob Hawke
"As long as the vision is flawed, egoism is evident. Therefore, one has to get rid of the flaws."
Anonymous
Inspiration
He closed the pages and stuffed them back into his jacket. Keeping his eyes cast downwards as he sipped his wine, he pulled out and lit a cigarette – almost a post-coital gesture. From The Willow Lake Group by Kelly Proudfoot.
Kelly Proudfoot
"The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair."
Jose Bergamin
"Don't be sad don't be angry if life deceives you! Submit to your grief your time for joy will come believe me."
Aleksandr Pushkin
"Lend your ears to the deaf, your eyes to the blind, your hands to the weak, your tongue to the mute, your mind to the perplexed, and your heart to the weary."
Unknown
"I totally commit and completely give myself to a relationship. Be warned, though - I don't like being taken for granted, so I can be pretty high-maintenance sometimes!"
Priyanka Chopra
"To see the dawn of a new beginning, You have to make a move in the Night."
Digvijay Jaiswal
"Maybe it was obsession, but it was also happiness; an escape from the suckiness of everyday life. And when you find something that makes you happy and giddy and excited every day, us fangirls know a truth that everyone else seems to have forgotten: you hold on to that joy tenaciously, for as long as you can."
Goldy Moldavsky
"This is one of the many paradoxes of happiness: we seek to control our lives, but the unfamiliar and the unexpected are important sources of happiness."
Gretchen Rubin
"The fears you don't face delimit your growth."
Anonymous
"It wasn't for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the teachers, the security guards. Nobody could relax in such a racial and hormonal disaster area."
Jonathan Lethem