Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel.
We write to know we are not alone
I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.
Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?
He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.