Somewhere in his murkiest depths, he wasn't so much afraid of being left again as condemning someone else to second best.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
An average man is egoistic, proud and has strong self esteem. They always require partners who massage their ego not those who will drag their ego to the mud.
Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it.
When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I'm artistic and cool and I'm doi...
Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you
No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
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...