“ As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working in… Sigmund Freud
“ If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. Criss Jami
“ Love is worth so much more than money. There are so many people who are filthy rich, but have nobody to genuinely love them. Unconditional love is priceless. If you have someone who really loves you f… Suzy Kassem
“ Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Judy Blume
“ There's a way of listening in the dark that's so intense for girls. You can feel the insides of your ears. Elisabeth de Mariaffi
“ He was nineteen years old, homeless and rootless, with no family and no purpose in life. Ken Follett
“ He doesn't trust people because he knows they are all the same. Everyone cares about their own survival and nothing else, just like him. Since he is more than willing to kill for it, so are they. Afte… Joe Reyes
“ But now, I am addicted to the peace and calm of being alone. There is something so soothing about solitude that I have no urgent wish to give it up and connect with people. Kavipriya Moorthy
“ It’s the beating of my heart. The way I lie awake, playing with shadows slowly climbing up my wall. The gentle moonlight slipping through my window and the sound of a lonely car somewhere far away, wh… Charlotte Eriksson
“ Some people think the real them is whoever they are when they're not around other people. Garth Risk Hallberg
“ One of the the things she most liked about the city -apart from all its obvious attractions, the theatre, the galleries, the exhilarating walks by the river- was that so few people ever asked you pers… Julia Gregson
“ I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva’s tower...I live still a collegiate student...and lead a monastic life, ipse mihi the… Robert Burton
“ She had no stay, no root in herself yet. Well do I know not one human being ought, even were it possible, to be enough for himself; each of us needs God and every human soul he has made, before he has… George MacDonald
“ The more she was absolutely in need of external friendship, the more disposed was she to reject it, and to declare to herself that she was prepared to stand alone in the world. Anthony Trollope
“ Friends are a strange, volatile, contradictory, yet sticky phenomenon. They are made, crafted, shaped, molded, created by focused effort and intent. And yet, true friendship, once recognized, in its e… Vera Nazarian