College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity.

Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.

They thought depression was like bieng 'depressed'. They thought it was like being in a bad mood, only worse. Therefore, they tried to get him to snap out of it.

He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.

If you think something is missing in your life, it is probably YOU...

Nothing should be so greatly feared as empty fame.

Even though she would dream of love, respect, and unfettered romance... it was a cyclical dilemma in her life that she seemed to be most attracted to poisonous men.

Sachin has infinite capacity for taking pains and still making runs.

Undoubtedly, there are numerous problems with the immigration system here in The United States.

Saying you want to escape is the easy part; actually figuring out how to do it is not quite so simple.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.

When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.