You should be kissed and often and by someone who knows how. -Rhett Bulter, Gone with the Wind” ― Margaret Mitchell

Love cannot exist without giving, however giving can exist without love.

All of which does not alter the fact that Pnin was on the wrong train.

Of course I remember you." My voice is a strangled whisper. I squeeze my eyes shut. "You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being.

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere.

The current paradigm is so thoroughly established that the only way to change is to start over again.

We often talk to ourselves in ways that we would never let a stranger or even a friend talk to us.

Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily defended and conquered anew by strenuous effort.

I've always learned when you win a game, no matter what the stats look like, you have to enjoy the victories because they are hard to come by.

Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed my life.

The next time you get nervous about others opinions, look them mentally in the eye and say, "What you think of me is none of my business."