“You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said.
I could barely muster a "yeah."
That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.”
― The Last Lecture
I could barely muster a "yeah."
That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.”
― The Last Lecture
“There is no man...however wise, who has not at some period in his youth said things, or lived a life, the memory of which is so unpleasant to him that he would gladly expunge it. And yet he ought not entirely to regret it, because he cannot be certain that he has indeed become a wise man...”
― Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove
― Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― The Lorax
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― The Lorax
“I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.”
― The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
― The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
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