In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
Don MarquisIf the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.
John Hope FranklinDestiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.
Jonathan Lethem