New freedoms surface old habits. I haven’t left sin behind, only discovered a new medium for my treachery. My real trouble as a writer isn’t trying to mean the words that I write. It’s living into the words that I mean. Nonfiction writing can feel like the high art of hypocrisy (Jen Pollock Michel, Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition & the Life of Faith)
There are opinions and then there are opinions…behold the nature of mankind (Will Leamon)
Life should be dealt with in small bites, large gulps will choke you (TA Guimont)
‘The Comeback’ is my favorite TV show of all-time because it’s just brill. It’s Lisa Kudrow’s show about what it’s like to be an actor on a TV show. She’s so amazing on it (Gillian Jacobs)
But maybe they were barbarians. Maybe this is what most barbarians look like. They look like everybody else (Susan Sontag)
Good luck is often with the man who doesn’t include it in his plans (Anonymous)
Go ahead and believe that no one shines brighter than you. Become amazing, and be happy (Demi Lovato, Stay Strong)
What matters most is that you take the journey (of self awareness and transformation) (Diana Dentinger, Modus Vivendi: Your Life Your Way)
No nostalgia is felt as keenly as nostalgia for things that never existed (Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman)
As he walked along, consciously enjoying the early coolness of the morning, he turned and looked behind him. People often do this and are usually surprised to find that there is some reason for turning around. Sometimes there is no apparent reason and they wonder why they did it. (“Ordeal By Water”) – P.C. Wren, Odd – But Even So: Stories Strangers Than Fiction