Adversity Quote by Richard C. Edgley

“Many set themselves the aim of rescuing the indifferent and the lazy—and end up lost themselves. The flame within them gets dim with the…

— Neal Stephenson

“How bold we are. We shy from a flame that licks the tip of our finger for a fraction of a second, and from…

— Laurence B. Brown

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

— Elizabeth Bear

Who has never had any desire to vanish and only come back when everything was fine?

— Anonymous

I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do.

— Mason Cooley

I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides,…

— Stanley Kunitz

I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking…

— Angelina Jolie

We are all misfits living in a world on fire

— Kelly Clarkson

That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two…

— Fran Lebowitz

It is the tragedy of other people that they are to us merely showcases for the very perishable collections of our own mind.

— Marcel Proust

When in despair, we tend to push away the very same people who care.

— Bulumko Pantsi

I never became a recluse where I got away from people and who they are and how they think. I'm very much in touch…

— Andrew Dice Clay