Lisa Genova

"She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had comforted her and told her not to be sad for the butterflies, that just because their lives were short didn't mean they were tragic. Watching them flying in the warm sun among the daisies in their garden, her mother had said to her, see, they have a beautiful life. Alice liked remembering that."

Lisa Genova (Still Alice)

Kevin Brooks

"I remember it all: every word, every breath, every tick of the clock . . . everything that happened is with me forever. I can never forget it. But that doesn't mean I can live it again. You can't live what's gone, you can only remember it, and memories have no life. They're just pale reminders of a time that's gone - like faded photographs, or a dried-up daisy chain at the back of a drawer. They have no substance. They can't take you back. Nothing can take you back. Nothing can be the same as it was. Nothing is."

Kevin Brooks

Kirsten Dewar

Madiba Magic
In celebration of 20 years of freedom ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela.
Warrior, statesman, freedom fighter, Nobel Prize winner, Africa’s most celebrated, yet most humble son. How much do we via to wear, be associated, claim your“ 46664”.

How little did your captors realise, all those years ago, that the prison number they gave you, to rob you of your identity, to hurt, belittle and humble you, would one day be synonymous - across the world - with liberty, justice, and freedom, the catalyst for a nation so unique, so diverse, so blessed, that no rainbow, no matter how majestic, would ever even attempt to rival it.

You, who have transcended age, colour, gender, race and nationality – have taught us, through your example, to choose reconciliation; flatten our spears into plough shares; share one another's burdens, and cherish and value humanity - in all its shapes and sizes and colours. You inspire us like no other. Indeed, just as you once said that talking to a man in a language he understands, goes to his head, but talking to him in his language, goes to his heart - Tata mkulu, Madiba, father, we love you, respect you, and have heard you - you have indeed, gone to our hearts.

(c) 2008 all rights reserved.

Judy Garland

"Somewhere over the rainbow - skies are blue - and the dreams that you dare to dream - really do come true"

Judy Garland

James Joyce

"Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned."

James Joyce

Nicholas Sparks

"If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale."

Nicholas Sparks

Mahatma Gandhi

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Mahatma Gandhi

Chuck Palahniuk

"I thought we were a real love relationship. I did. I was very invested in love, but it was just this long long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's just about getting off. Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love."

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters)

Groucho Marx

"Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere."

Groucho Marx

Anaïs Nin

"Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had ridden only a few miles away when his friend, riding hard, caught up with him, saying 'You gave me the wrong key!'"

Anaïs Nin