Quote #6065
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
Quote #18416
Modesty and unselfishness–these are the virtues which men praise–and pass by.
Quote #396
Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
Quote #23574
What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which...
Quote #32082
It’s never too late, in fiction or in life, to revise.
Quote #15077
The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for...
Quote #23145
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
Quote #18880
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely...
Quote #9967
Perfection is the enemy of the good.
Quote #34486
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate...