An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and disappointment. Whether you write well or ill, be assured that you will not escape from blame...
By this time he had discovered that his neighbour was not very conversible; But whether her silence proceeded from pride, discretion, timidity, or idiotism, he was still unable to decide.
You really are like him, your father." "I can't tell whether you think that's good or bad." "What does it matter? It's simply true.
Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
... I didn't know whether to feel angry at her for making me part of her suicide or just to feel angry at myself for letting her go.
Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctio...
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.
Yet, whether to the glory or to the shame of human nature, in what we call pleasure (with an excess of scorn, perhaps) there are abysses as deep as those of love.
Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do.
...but it is good to be several floors up in the dead of night wondering whether you are any good or not and the only decision you can make is that you did it...
A day is a day. It’s just a measurement of time. Whether it’s a good day or a bad day is up to you. It’s all a matter of perception.
The things I carry are my thoughts. That's it. They are the only weight. My thoughts determine whether I am free and light or burdened.
Each period had required me to be a slightly different person, and that was exhausting. I wondered if school had always felt this way and whether it was like this for everone.
The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--
I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
In a world of sleepwalkers an awakened mind is a teacher and a catalyst for new awakenings, whether they want to be or not.
The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.
Live your day and live it well. It's yours whether you want it or not.
