“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”— Jess C. Scott, amazon.com
“Our efforts will fail in Afghanistan and Pakistan if we don't invest in their future.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“So I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future. That's the goal that must be achieved. That is a cause that could not be more just. A…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“I like checking days off a calendar—151 days crossed and nothing truly horrible has happened. 152 and the world isn’t ruined. 153 and I haven’t destroyed anyone. 154 and no one really hates me. Sometimes I think I won’t ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Three more days to ge…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I didn't say no, because between safety and adventure I choose adventure.”— Craig Ferguson, amazon.com
“We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when…”— Sandra Cisneros, amazon.com
“Sadness is knowing I cannot stay here forever, no house to be found inside of love. It is nothing but open space, endless sky, shards of sun like rain.”— Stephanie Barelman, hellopoetry.com