February 13, 1989 Chicago Tonight at Barbara’s Bookstore, Tobias Wolff read from his new memoir, This Boy’s Life.
It's so hard to find the place somewhere in the middle of the best and worst I've felt.
Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.
Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
He was a man with a chest, and he wanted to give thoughtful expression to the passion of his heart.
The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven or on earth was not given to the angels. It was given to redeemed men . . . Every Christian is to be a witness
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...
A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.