“ Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Harper Lee
“ The only unique contribution you can offer the world is to be who you actually are and no one else. Ashly Lorenzana
“ Their constant outward-looking, their mania for radios, cars, and a thousand other trinkets made them dream and fix their eyes upon the trash of life, made it impossible for them to learn a language w… Richard Wright
“ I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get. Charles Bukowski
“ When one has come to explore the ' instant moment ' and one has chosen to savor the delights of life, which are hidden behind the curtain of haste and superficiality, then ' mental time ' is replacing… Erik Pevernagie
“ The thought of gaining weight was all she needed to lose her appetite completely. Not that Jessica – a model-slim, perfect size-six – ever had to worry about her weight. Francine Pascal
“ Is love so gross a thing that it must feed upon publication and public notice ? It would seem so. Jack London
“ Songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different republic, some liberated republic... whatev… Bob Dylan
“ Refurbished that image of herself in other minds which was her only notion of self-seeing Edith Wharton
“ Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck!) offered… Umberto Eco
“ Egotorial: An editorial in broadcasting or print media where the subject matter is secondary to the superficial, pretentious, antagonistic, or materialistic ego of the author. Grant McLachlan
“ Elizabeth scowled, feeling like a nobody, a nothing. She felt like her entire self had been made worthless. She could change her interests, but she couldn’t change her looks. She’d never be six feet t… Francine Pascal
“ Now his imagination spun about the hand as about the edge of a vortex; but still he made no effort to draw nearer. He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that w… Edith Wharton
“ I just can’t wait to get out of Sweet Valley,' Jessica explained. 'I feel like I’ve been dancing with the same ten cute guys my whole life. Francine Pascal
“ But it wasn't the right season to lift off. Not yet. I sat in my apartment and looked out over the city, and I just didn't feel any passion to write about the place. I didn't give a damn about local p… Mohsin Hamid
“ She had liked him for himself, that was indisputable. And yet, much as she had liked him she had liked the bourgeois standard of valuation more. Jack London
“ Vanity and superficiality, placed deliberately on display, can be a burden; take this nonsense overboard. Kristian Goldmund Aumann
