Manipulating or controlling others through the use of one's illness or suffering,for example,was-and remains-extremely effective for people who find they cannot be direct in their interactions,Who argues with someone who is in pain? And if pain is th...
Sexism occurs when we assume that some people are less valid or natural than others because of their sex, gender, or sexuality; it occurs when we project our own expectations and assumptions about sex, gender, and sexuality onto other people, and pol...
I…God, I don’t even know where to start. I’m here. I’m here for you, okay? No matter what. You can scream and you can yell and be as mean and self-destructive as you want. Because I know you’re going to be here for me when it’s my turn to...
Make life easier for those around you, not harder. Every person you know is fighting their own great battle. Few of us ever know what those battles entail, and so often we say and do things that push others deeper and harder into the front lines of t...
In my mother's book, a vegetarian is somebody who is not concern with his or her diet and health. "Someone who prefer bush and grass, as if they is sheeps and cows, is somebody who don't have enough food to put in his mouth," she always say. Only veg...
I was recalling that other world in which it had thrilled me, in a way, the surprise of thinking that I could be a person who would betray Daniel. Now I wondered if Daniel could surprise himself, could surprise me, by being such a person too. Would h...
I stayed in bed for over an hour looked at things on my phone I felt slightly anxious about nothing particular I walked downstairs and poured coffee into a jar I asked a person on the internet if I should take drugs I took drugs before the person had...
Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
There are two kinds of perfect person; one who is dead and the other one is not yet born.
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.
If a person shave you with a razor, do not shave him with broken glass.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the best cook.
But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.
For a split second they stared at each other. A fleeting, lasting moment. One person noticing another person out of a whole crowd of strangers.
I try to construct a theory of how a moral person should live in these circumstances, and how such a person should love.
What lived on-in me- was the discomfort of how completely I'd outgrown the novel I'd once been so happy to live in
Data may disappoint, but it never lies.
Data has no ego and makes an excellent co-pilot.