A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

She stumbled then and Geryon caught her other arm, it was like a handful of autumn. He felt huge and wrong. When is it polite to let go someone’s arm after you grab it?

I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn.

Let your memory be your travel bag.

In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.

I would love to think there is a direct relationship between coffee and genius, but they've done studies, and if anything, caffeine probably makes you a little less creative.

I'm kind of old-fashioned, so I think the guy should always be the one to call. The girl just answers Or doesn't answer

I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect.

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living