“So little of what could happen does happen.” — Salvador Dali

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” — J. P. Morgan

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.” — Ella Maillart