Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?

What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.

What exactly did we learn in kindergarten? Nothing we wouldn't have learned if we;d stayed home. Okay, we learned that sometimes, by the time you get to the bathroom, it's too late.