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Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.

Susan Sontag (2013). “Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors”, p.74, Penguin UK

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.

Susan Sontag (2013). “Regarding the Pain of Others”, p.101, Macmillan

Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.173, Broadway Books

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.253, Broadway Books

Self-mutilation is a frightening barrier that keeps us from seeing a person who is lost, in pain, and in desperate need of help.

Steven Levenkron (1999). “Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation”, p.19, W. W. Norton & Company

I absolutely do not need a salary or a job, that's the last thing I need.

"How Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Gets Things Done". Interview with Kevin Purdy, lifehacker.com. April 22, 2009.

The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

"Stella McCartney: 'Fashion people are pretty heartless'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2009.

I will direct one day. I need some more life experience before I feel like I can do something like that comfortably. It'd be a feature, it'd be something maybe that I had in writing as well.

"'Castle': Stana Katic Discusses Beckett's Post-Hostage Crisis Revelation and Tolerating the Precinct's New Boss (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 7, 2011.

This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.

Sri Chinmoy (2014). “The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga”, p.509, Aum Publications