We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God?Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Bad things do happen how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise fro...

[Nietzsche's] questions - transcend, but where to; ascend, but to what height? - would have answered themselves if he had calmly kept both feet on the ascetic ground. He was too sick to follow his mos...

When I finished, Dr. Fellows said, She lowered her voice. I said. Her brows shot up to meet her hairline. Tori smirked and leaned back onto her pillow. Tori said.Dr. Fellows shot her a look, which To...

To Mr. Jones, she said, imagine you're looking up at a blue sky, and imagine a tiny airplane skywriting the letter Z. Then let the wind erase the letter. Then imagine the plane writing the letter Y. L...

This cat is looking at me with judgment.He’s not, said Jules. That’s just his face.You look at me the same way, Mark said, glancing at Julian. Judgy face.

They could argue for hours on almost any subject; they usually agreed on broad conclusions, but disagreed on almost every detail.

Paco is walking out of the bathroom and I rush past him.You might want to wait before you-- Paco's voice fades as I close the door, locking myself in. Wiping my eyes, I gaze into the mirror. I'm a com...

In this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

Hot, bright heat filled him like some ecstatic poison, and Hartan's pony shied in terror as a wordless howl burst from his throat. His dripping ears were flat to his skull, fire crackled in his brown...

He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.

He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. He felt as if he had left the great seance and all the murmuring ghosts. He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality t...

Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century — particularly in Germany, where the Brothers Grimm published their massive collection of German fairy tales...

Customs, morals—is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe—...

A man worth being with is one…That never lies to youIs kind to people that have hurt himA person that respects another’s lifeThat has manners and shows people respectThat goes out of his way to help p...

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

We learn from experience. A man never wakes up his second baby just to see it smile.