Books are the best means—private, discreet, reliable—of overcoming reality.
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...
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.
Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.
They took one look at me,And hated my black face.They took one look at me,And decided on my fate.They took one look at me,And forced an unknown fear.They took one look at me,And caused the shed of tea...
My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by t...
It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places.
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?