“I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.”
― Drown
― Drown
“Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”
― Funny Business
― Funny Business
“Never venture, never win!”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing but the sand; yet there were brighter moments when she felt nothing but joy, saw nothing but the gold.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“I wish I could ask God to give
me another personality, one that doesn't antagonize everyone. But that's impossible. I'm stuck with the character I was born with, and yet I'm sure I'm not a bad person. I do my best to please everyone, more than they'd ever suspect in a million years. When I'm upstairs, I try to laugh it off because I don't want them to see my troubles.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
me another personality, one that doesn't antagonize everyone. But that's impossible. I'm stuck with the character I was born with, and yet I'm sure I'm not a bad person. I do my best to please everyone, more than they'd ever suspect in a million years. When I'm upstairs, I try to laugh it off because I don't want them to see my troubles.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
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