The nights were blinding cold and casket black and the long reach of the morning had a terrible silence to it.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.
Babies cry at birth because it is the first time they experience separation from love.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
When you're as hot as you are, no amount of ice will do.