By Unknown, sent to me by the Sunflower on 10 February 2010 ( Read more... )

So why am I so worried about making a first impression?
I answer my own question:
Because you only get to do it once. Every time after, you are only making up for what happened during that initial meeting.
- 'Vanishing Acts', Jodi Picoult.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
- Cicero
'Vanishing Acts'
Jodi Picoult