Quotes of the day, January 20

The point's not what it costs; it's what it costs you. Everything you have. That's my price, that's my prize, that's my ransom, and that's my rune. The only price in the world that matters is the one that hurts to pay.

Catherynne M. Valente

• World
• Pay
• Price

The United States, for its part, downgraded from low-level to complete withdrawal, much to the regret of other delegates such as the Reverend Jesse Jackson, President-for-Life of the People’s Republic of Himself.

Mark Steyn

• People
• Life
• President

There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.

Cecelia Ahern

• Kind
• Air
• Silence

[Harold Pinter] is a British playwright and is one of my favorite writers. Harold was very obsessed with when memory becomes mythology, that at some point you change your memory to fit who you believe you are.

Baron Vaughn

• Believe
• Memories
• Favorite

The practices are what I live for. They're so much fun, I think, just because there's not too much pressure. You're really pushing your friends to do the best run and put together the best run, and you're also just having a good time.

Red Gerard

• Friends
• Pressure
• Run