We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice – that is, until we have stopped saying It got lost, and say, I lost it. – Sydney J. Harris
I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them. – Samantha Morton
A modern man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice. – Elias Canetti
We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody whos lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue. – Mark Steyn
