Someday you will look back on all the awful stuff that's happening to you, and fondly smile. Doesn't say much about the future, does it?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

Someday you will look back on all the awful stuff that's happening to you, and fondly smile. Doesn't say much about the future, does it?

People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you're better than them, and they get resentful.

I hear what many of you are saying: We don’t have the time, we are busy. Well Nobody Has Time, Everyone Is Busy. In the time it took you to read this post, your life just got a minute shorter. That is precisely why we read (and why some of us write): because life is short and finite, we want more, and literature is the distillation of all those lives we will not lead.

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.