Even while he'd been gone, she'd always know he was /there/, sharing the same planet with her, walking the same earth.
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard wo...
If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.
I looked long and hard for the paper roses! I found the reddest red ribbon, and a little golden card! We were all there together, many of us, in the same place; but I was the only one who found the pa...
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
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...
For the grateful, there is no room for disappointment; Each moment offers life.