It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.

You spend the first two-thirds of your life asking to be left alone and the last third not having to ask.

Do not be someone looking for [insert]. Be [insert] looking for someone. Suggestions for [insert]: —love —friendship —understanding —appreciation —tolerance —a helping hand —a leg up —an answer

Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons.