“ Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man. Alice Walker
“ Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pity… Susan Cain
“ Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus; and we petty menWalk under his huge legs, and peep aboutTo find ourselves dishonourable graves. William Shakespeare
“ God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though--and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed. David Foster Wallace
“ A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book or his picture the real man delivers himself defenceless. No affectation of… W. Somerset Maugham
