Come on, there's no one there. You want coffee?" Tess asked."Yeah, sure, why not? I'm only on the brink of a nervous breakdown. I don't imagine why caffeine wouldn't help this situation.

Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything.

People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract it?

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old.

For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but joy.

What I mean is that conservatives are in a constant state of hair-on-fire, yelling anger.

And happiness has it's own way of taking its sweet time.

I really like umbrellas. It's like, I have a roof! I carry it with me! Umbrellas always amuse me.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.