No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.
Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.
Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.
A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.
The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.
I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent.