“It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing.”
― Foster
― Foster
“Opportunity did not knock until I built the door.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future,’33 noted the writer Kahlil Gibran, ‘but from wanting to control it.”
― How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?: Essays on Modern Life
― How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?: Essays on Modern Life
“In an age when we are ever more targeted and profiled and mined for information, reading a book allows you to be, for so long as the covers hold you, truly quiet and undisturbed.”
― How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life
― How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life
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