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“Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.”
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“Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.”
Source : Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.59, Random House
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“If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.”
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“You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob”
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“a little oil makes machinery work easy ...”
Source : FANNY FERN (1857). “FRESH LEAVES”, p.151
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“It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.”
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“In this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).”
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“When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.”
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“According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.”
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“I like to watch old films. Meet Me in St Louis, Cul-de-Sac and Buffalo 66 are some of my favourites.”
Source : "My Home: Stella Vine, Artist" by Tessa Williams-Akoto, www.independent.co.uk. November 30, 2005. 
