…to own only a little talent…was an awful, plaguing thing….being only a little bit special meant you expected too much, most of the time.

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

...nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person.

Recognize how truly blessed you are. Take time to count your blessings and write them down. To make your dreams come true you must already be soaking in the very presence you wish to create.

I haven't have fun for a long time," Kaia said with a pout. "Me, either. Except with myself, but I don't suppose that counts." "It does the way I do it.

The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals.

We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams.

I have anonymously helped many thousands

If you're not in New York, you're camping out.

Comfort and indolence are cronies.