Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

I know who I am: a great soul.

Life is a reality.

My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if nobody wants to be his friend, i will hurt his critics by remaining his friend.

Arrogance combined with stubbornness is a ticking bomb.

What the hell difference does it make left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.

I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn't be hanged like a dog.

Have you dared to eat my son?" I laughed. Actually, it started out as more of a giggle that grew. Because my mind went straight to the gutter.

A commuter tie-up consists of you — and people who for some reason won't use public transit.

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Language betrays, in order to mean.