“Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. - Anita Blake”

As cited in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007), Ed. Goodwin, Black Dog Publishing, p. 168, ISBN 1579127215
Post-war years (1945–1955)

Source: Nineteen Minutes

On straining her voice when screaming, Delusions of Inadequacy http://www.adequacy.net/2010/06/interview-with-ruby-throat/ (2010)

Egwene al'Vere
(15 November 1990)

Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature

Source: Eli the Good

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
Context: And, afterward, when a child was naughty or disobedient, its mother would say:
"You must pray to the good Santa Claus for forgiveness. He does not like naughty children, and, unless you repent, he will bring you no more pretty toys."But Santa Claus himself would not have approved this speech. He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them. He knew that the best of children were sometimes naughty, and that the naughty ones were often good. It is the way with children, the world over, and he would not have changed their natures had he possessed the power to do so.

2010-, Ai Weiwei: ‘Shame on Me.’, 2011