the distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice.

We all owe life a death, an inevitable death which we can meet. But the unnecessary death that wastes life denies all consolation.

In an environment in which tragedy is genuine and frequent, laughter is essential to sanity.

it's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition.

...if you do the job no one wants, you might eventually get the job everybody wants. But you have to be willing to climb the ladder, starting with the bottom rung.

What's the difference in wanting someone you don't like to vanish and dreaming about a world in which they don't exist? They're just two ways of saying the same thing.

Adolescence is a time in which you experience everything more intensely.

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.

I've never voted, no.

I like changing my hairstyle, much to my mother's annoyance. It depends on my state of mind.

Ybon was the one who suggested calling the wait something else. Yeah, like what? Maybe, she said, you could call it life.

It is indeed one of the principal drawbacks of every kind of interventionism that it is so difficult to reverse the process.

So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community, and until an equivalent discipline is organized, I believe that war must have its way.