"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. "
— Pericles

"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."
— John F. Kennedy

"The more I see, the less I know for sure."
— John Lennon

"No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached."
— Amy Tan

"Once I learned to read, I could not imagine my life otherwise."
— Keith Donohue

"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way."
— Doris Lessing

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
— Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita)