Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever. Use it or lose it, he’d say over the newspaper.
“That's how women are with me " said Paul. "They want me like mad but they don't want to belong to me.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
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