Shilo

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.”
― Michael Crichton

“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”
― H. P. Lovecraft