"A daydreamer is prepared for most things."
— Joyce Carol Oates

"We all have same beginning (BIRTH), and we will have same ending (DEATH). So how different can we be?"
— Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson)

"~~ I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. ... All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps. ~~"
— Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)

"Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice."
— Minna Thomas Antrim

"Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years."
— Sheila Ballantyne

"You can always trust information given to you by people who are crazy. They have access to truth not available through regular channels."
— Sheila Ballantyne

"Every day, give yourself a good mental shampoo."
— Sara Jordan

"Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force."
— Angela Menci

"No day is so bad that it cannot be fixed with a nap."
— Carrie Snow

"~~ Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me. Hugo Hamilton: The Speckled People. ~~"
— Hugo Hamilton

"~~ Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me. ("The Speckled People.) ~~"
— Hugo Hamilton

"~~ She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world. Sharon Maas: Of Marriageable Age. ~~

~~ Through our maps, we willingly become a part of their boundaries. If our home is included, we feel pride, perhaps familiarity, but always a sense that this is ours. If it is not, we accept our roles as outsiders, though we may be of the same mind and culture. In this way, maps can be dangerous and powerful tools. Debbie Lee Wesselmann: Trutor and the Balloonist. ~~

~~ I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. ... All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps. ~~"
— Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)

"~~ Through our maps, we willingly become a part of their boundaries. If our home is included, we feel pride, perhaps familiarity, but always a sense that this is ours. If it is not, we accept our roles as outsiders, though we may be of the same mind and culture. In this way, maps can be dangerous and powerful tools. ("Trutor and the Balloonist") ~~"
— Debbie Lee Wesselmann

"~~ She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world. ("Of Marriageable Age") ~~"
— Sharon Maas