"A Luttinger liquid in which the spin modes have become massive is sometimes referred to as a Luther-Emery liquid." – T. Giamarchi, Quantum physics in one dimension

"I don’t order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time it takes us to die, other troops and commanders can come and take our places." - Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) before battle of Gallipoli 

"Cous-Cous is a finely chopped pasta." - Slava Kashcheyevs 

“There should be no doubt about my word; for, since I have always kept it, I should not start learning how to break it now. Whoever has been honest and faithful for forty three years, as I have, is unable to change his nature; my poverty is a witness to my loyalty and honesty” -N. Machiavelli

“…friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are bought but are not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent.” -N. Machiavelli 

"Be careful what you pray for... You just might get it" - Jewish wisdom

"The best is yet to come"

 "The worth of  a man does not consist in the truth he possesses, or thinks he possesses, but in the pains he has taken to attain that truth..." - Gotthold Lessing 

"Time spent with cats is never wasted" - Sigmund Freud

"it is always important to stress about having to stress before the stressing begins"  - George Mias

 Credits: This collection was inspired by Tom Aono