A person is limited by his conception of himself, nothing more. If you really knew who you were, you could stop the sun from rising tomorrow.
Nothing on earth is as unbearable as dealing with other people if you are a person who lacks compassion and understanding.
Being a good person has nothing to do with allowing people to destroy you.
For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's own abilities and judgement, and, over time, dismantles, from within, the body.
To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves long lost.
A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and leave nothing but a smelly old fart in her face.
Most people know nothing about freedom; only the facsimile of freedom into which they were inculcated.
for she could never think of anything to say to Clarissa, though she liked her. She had lots of fine qualities; but they had nothing in common - she and Clarissa.
The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. "Everything is permitted" does not mean that nothing is forbidden.
Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.
Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.
Sex is about physical attraction, yes, but it's also about trust. I don't trust you. You're completely self-absorbed and egoistic. You offer nothing I want.
Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.
Forgiveness is not about letting anybody 'off the hook.' Forgiveness actually has nothing to do with the person you are forgiving. It does, however, have everything to do with you.
She seemed like a creature made to attract everyone and express nothing real, though it would take a master observer, like Magnus, to know it.
Have you noticed how Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen look nothing alike, and yet they both manage to look exactly like their father, Martin?
Men's desire - it stopped for nothing. Even then,even when I was stained the lurid color of waste -- even then someone wanted me.
The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be.
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence.
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
