“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”— Yann Martel, amazon.com
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”— J.M. Barrie, amazon.com
“I keep wondering, how many people do you need to be, before you can become yourself.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“My dad worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and he worked for the Department of Interior, you know, like the federal government. And consequently, I was outdoors a lot in my lifetime. And I was with my dad and my - and his peers, who were all men's men and outdoorsmen. All had incredible work e…”— Sam Elliott, npr.org
“I don't think individuals really make stuff so much as they process their influences and try to build upon them in the hopes that they can make stuff that will be helpful to others.”— John Green, youtube.com
“He's an extrovert. Extroverts are less likely to go along with the influence of others.”— Frank, cosmopolitan.com
“I’m truly a vacuum filled by the folks I’m with, and vapidly neutral in their absence. Something in me defaults to an easeful plasticity, a modularity”— Jonathan Lethem, amazon.com
“The dream kiss. Give her a kiss on the cheek when she’s asleep to influence her dream.”— Christopher Lai, thelaidetector.com
“A fake story claiming Pope Francis — actually a refugee advocate — endorsed Mr. Trump was shared almost a million times, likely visible to tens of millions. Its correction was barely heard. Of course Facebook had significant influence in this last election’s outcome.”— Zeynep Tufekci, nytimes.com
“It’s important to acknowledge that the origin of some of your standards may not have come from you. You might have for instance modeled them while observing your parents. You have now accepted these standards as part of your life despite the fact that they may not serve your best interests.”— Adam Sicinski, blog.iqmatrix.com
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com