Shane

“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ”
― Coco Chanel

“It is not pity that you feel; you lament only because the victim of your malignity is withdrawn from your power.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.”
― Henry Murger

“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.”
― Daniel Goleman, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships