Divisional Round Quotes

#1. If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through.

Helene Cixous

#2. Sonya wasn't listening. Her gaze was totally fixated on the road we'd pulled off onto. We came to a red light, where I caught sight of a cheery sign: WELCOME TO ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

Richelle Mead

#3. A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

Gao Xingjian

#4. God has a specific plan for you

Sunday Adelaja

#5. A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21 percent or more.

Suze Orman

#6. You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

Chris Patten

#7. Up until the twentieth century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world.

Timothy J. Keller

#8. People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

Chris Prentiss

#9. Living aboard one's sailboat and having neither house nor vehicle nor job, and needing none, would be hubris - the most arrogant presumption - and therefore suitable punishable by the gods. One would be drowned by Poseidon early on and die extremely happy.

Matthew Goldman