The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..
I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.
Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.
What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes.
Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end. That's the given. How you respond to those losses, what you make of what's left, that's the part you have to make up as you go.
After all, tomorrow is another day!
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.
I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.
Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
لا أخاف الموت ..أخاف أن أموت قبل أن أحيا
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.
