That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
Aug 142014
Aug 132014
http://knightstavern.org/the-pessimist-complains-about-the-wind-the-optimist-expects-it-to-change-the-realist-adjusts-the-sails
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Aug 112014
What did we know about those closest to us, really? No one ever dared speak plainly about desire; no one said the word out loud.
– Alice Hoffman, Second Nature
Aug 102014
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
– Cicero, De Officiis on Duties; Or, on Obligations
Aug 092014
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
– George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/100879-no-evil-dooms-us-hopelessly-except-the-evil-we-love