Audrey Li

“In democratic times, enjoyment is keener than in aristocratic centuries, and above all the number of those who taste it is infinitely greater; but on the other hand, one must recognize that hopes and desires are more often disappointed, souls more arouse and more restive, and cares more burning.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

“I understand. That’s the trouble. I understand. I’ll understand all the time. All day and all night. Especially all night. I’ll understand. You don’t have to worry about that.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Hard world is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“But it is sometimes as difficult to lose one's temper as it is difficult at other times to keep it.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View