Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.

For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most people who did not answer a particular calling from an early age, you placed work beside yourself; any occupation would fill up your day but not your heart. I liked that about you. I liked it enormously.

Worse, the deadly accuracy of filial faultfinding is facilitated by access, by trust, by willing disclosure, and so constitutes a double betrayal.

Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.

Size is relative. If everyone is fat, no-one is fat