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“I've started to look at life differently. When you're thanking God for every little you - every meal, every time you wake up, every time you take a sip of water - you can't help but be more thankful for life itself, for the unlikely and miraculous fact that you exist at all.”
Source : A J Jacobs (2012). “The Year of Living Biblically”, p.165, Random House
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“When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.”
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“I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.”
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“Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.”
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“A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.”
Source : Adelbert von Chamisso (1845). “The Shadowless Man; Or, The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl”
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“I'm very tall, so I like a guy who's bigger than me - it makes me feel feminine and safe. I don't like to be hovering over a guy or feel like a linebacker.”
Source : "Adrianne Palicki: The Woman of Your Dreams". Interview with Gerilyn Manago, www.menshealth.com. March 29, 2013. 
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“When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.”
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“It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh.”
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“I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”
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“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”
Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 16 Nov. 1967
