Colleen Porter

“One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.”
― Alain de Botton

“And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is more complicated, curdled, and primeval. Whose chief characteristic is that nothing can be done about it: too much time has passed, too much damage has been done, for amends to be made.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People