Susan Orlean: John Leroche is a tall guy, skinny as a stick, pale eyes, slouch-shouldered, sharply handsome, despite the fact he's missing all his front teeth.
Ray: [while brushing teeth] Altogether, I've had five pints of beer and six bottles... no... six pints of beer and seven bottles, and you know what? I'm not even pissed.
In the morning I get out of bed, I brush my teeth, I wash my face, I get dressed in the clothes I like best. I want to be good to myself.
I took a puff of the wrong cigarette at a fraternity dance once, and the cops had to get me, y'know. I broke two teeth trying to give a hickie to the Statue of Liberty.
Sleep, where in the waste is the wisdom?
Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen
Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.
Be first the master of yourself
I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom.
Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.
Love is the first wisdom in life.
No shortcut to wisdom. No tollways to be wise.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.
Millions of pages cloaked in dust and inspiration and wisdom.
Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness as fear is the beginning of wisdom.
And who is to say the truth can’t be a miracle?
What is a woman's greatest virtue? Patience.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
There are some who deploy casual wisdom for the purpose of engaging.
It always a blessing to learn the wisdom from elderly people.
