I had a sudden notion of why history is such a mess: humans do not live long enough. We only learn from experience and have no time to use it in a continuous and sensible way.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

I took only one suitcase, and a cosmetics case for medicines but I was worried about books. Solitude is all right with books, awful without.

Dozens of days, experiences, and encounters have set me on a path I never dreamed possible.

Up to me. Great. I could hurt my mom and my sisters, or I could hurt my dad. Perfect. Isn't divorce fun?

Jealously would kill you from inside, if you water the plant of jealousy with anger instead of hard work

The vampires win every time.

Art is self expression. If you are expressing someone else's personality, that is not art.

To be clear, geoengineering won't solve global warming. It's not a 'techno-fix.' It would be enormously risky and almost certainly lead to troubling unforeseen consequences.

Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.

If you're going to wear three hats, you'd better grow two more heads.

I keep my clocks a little fast / so time won't take me by surprise.

Whether you have a leadership title or not, you have the potential to either lead your organization beyond all expectations or inhibit its growth through entropy.