There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.
Writers don't need love; all they require is money.
Marriage is rather a silly habit.
We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.
Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive.
The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex.