To step aside is human.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.

You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience.

I've been horribly depressed (lately), which, as you know, can be terribly time-consuming. I mean, if you're going to do it right, that is.

No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed.

The river is everywhere.

It never came out of [Donald Trump] mouth. He was never like, "Oh, I'm not going to do well among women," or, "I really want to - this would be so kind of cool and new."

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.