If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
