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- I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the…
- The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.
- I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out…
- I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.
- The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to…
- When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone,…
- Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move.
- And I was -- this is just how I was afraid you'd take it. I knew it, that you'd think this means you were right…
- Tell them there are no holes for your fingers in the masks of men. Tell them how could you ever even hope to love what…
- I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time, instead of having to go back in my head and…
- sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them.
- That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring…
- Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass.…
- I cannot say what color Lenore Beadsman’s eyes are; I cannot look at them; they are the sun to me.
- K--: 'When they say "I am my own person," "I do not need a man," "I am responsible for my own sexuality," they are actually…
- Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people.…
- Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them. But can you…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster