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“I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.”
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“Listen, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm Colombian.”
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“The fact that educated white women automatically assume that we have similar backgrounds annoys me. We don't. I feel like I'm in a certain kind of drag.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“Tell troth and shame the devil.”
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“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.”
Source : Eve Ensler (2010). “I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World”, p.139, Villard
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“Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.”
Source : William Godwin (2015). “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice: And Its Influence On Morals And Happiness”, p.466, Penguin UK
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“And then he left, and came back, and our lives fell apart, like a well-loved book that you’d read and read again, until one night you picked it up to read yourself to sleep and the binding collapsed, sending dozens of pages spiraling toward the floor.”
Source : Jennifer Weiner (2008). “Good In Bed”, p.147, Simon and Schuster
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“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.”
Source : "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 26, 2009. 
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“Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.”
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“women, when describing their roles in their organizations, usually referred to themselves as being in the middle of things. Not at the top, but in the center; not reaching down, but reaching out.”
Source : Sally Helgesen (2011). “The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership”, p.45, Crown Business
