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“What is that unforgettable line?”
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“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?.”
Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.17, 谷月社
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“If someone else is paying for it, food just tastes a lot better.”
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“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”
Source : Neil Gaiman (2009). “The Graveyard Book”, p.189, A&C Black
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“When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.”
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“Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up.”
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“When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without having to think.”
Source : "A genius explains" by Richard Johnson, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2005. 
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“Aesthetic isn't simply about good design for good design's sake.”
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“With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature. I feel it is unnatural, not I think entirely because it uses a language that is not mine, however closely akin to my own.”
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“Behind each piece, animating every attempt, is the echo of a precarious faith, that we are more intimately bound to one another by our kindred doubts than our brave conclusions.”
Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.
