Bruce Smith

“Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The concept of “confirmation bias”—the tendency of people to favor information, true or not, that confirms their preexisting beliefs—was introduced in the 1960s by Peter Wason, a British psychologist. Wason did a famous series of experiments that explored how people give lesser weight to data that contradicts what they think is true. (As if we needed more proof that what’s hidden can make us draw the wrong conclusions.)”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

“The world was full of monsters, and they were all allowed to bite the innocent and the unwary.”
― Stephen King, Cujo

“If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear the pain of loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.”
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night