Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. – Benjamin Banneker
Every book Ive written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. – Yann Martel
