I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart?

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

If we read books all the time we would be very unhealthy, as we would not get any fresh air, exercise, or contact with nature. Also we would not spend time with other people. There are a lot of plusses to reading - it's an interactive brain workout - but like everything else that's beneficial in moderation, overdoses can be dangerous.

Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable.

All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.

Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.

Maybe the life I think I'm living is a paranoid delusion...Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it, so I will have enough, when the time comes.