Like so many brilliant people, Calvin just couldn’t understand how no one else got it. He was also an introvert, which isn’t really a flaw but often manifests itself as standoffishness.
“Nothing weighs more than someone else’s belief in you.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“If you ask people what they think, they start thinking, and that’s how wars start.”
― The Answer Is No
― The Answer Is No
“It suits you, that laugh. I’m glad they didn’t manage to take it from you.” “Who?” “All the people who have tried.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“And the only thing she was certain of was this: that between ourselves and the world are a million stories, and if we don’t know which among them are true, we might as well try out those that are most humane, most generous, most beautiful, most loving.”
― Wellness
― Wellness
“This is a very provoking thing to the world. Because people aren’t supposed to be happy, they’re only supposed to want to be happy, because how otherwise are you supposed to be able to sell things to them?”
― The Answer Is No
― The Answer Is No
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