Zachary

“If an unexamined life is not worth living, is an unlived life not worth examining? [in reference to medical students' intense focus on studies--and the author's in particular]”
― Damon Tweedy, M.D.

“Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It’s bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it every time. Get my life back.”
― Michael Crichton, Airframe

“It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.”
― Pat Barker