Neal Stephenson Quote

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

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...

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...

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.

Some people are as angry as they seem to be only because it's the safest place to hide from more pain.

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.

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

If you're not reaching back to help anyone then you're not building a legacy.

Jon smiled at him. I'm sorry about your wrist. Robb used the same move on me once, only with a wooden blade. It hurt like seven hells, but yours must be worse. Look, if you want, I can show you how to...