“ One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Writer
“ In all things that live there are certain irregularities, and deficiencies which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty. No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. John Ruskin Art Critic
“ It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross. Anne Spencer Poet
“ Vocabularies are crossing circles and loops. We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by. A. S. Byatt Novelist
“ You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that. Abe Burrows Humorist
“ Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or bicycle. Alain De Botton Writer