Verstehst du, im Grunde sind doch die Mitarbeiter das Problem. Du zahlst, wenn du sie einstellst, du zahlst, wenn du sie rausschmeißt, und dazwischen muss du sie auch noch bezahlen.
A paparazzi is merely an extremely nosy nobody with a camera—and bills to pay.
When I look over my past, I see that the stages in my life are like the phases of the moon. I've had periods where I was the waxing gibbous: fat with wealth and success. There have been other seasons when my happiness was like the waning crescent and...
The only way I can keep clear of force is by justice. Far from being willing to execute his enemies, a real king must be willing to execute his friends.
What?" my partner asked suddenly. I jumped, guilty at having been caught staring. But, hell, I thought, might as well ask. "Are you two--you know?" I made a vaguely obscene gesture with my fingers. He stopped walking so fast I was shocked he didn't g...
Nothing worth knowing can ever be taught in a classroom.
Only the passionate were immortal, it seemed. If you fought, screwed, screamed, laughed, or otherwise experienced life intensely, for better or worse, you left a record. Those who lived a quiet, well-behaved, well-tempered life? Gone without a trace.
Never let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash.
Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are.
Progression and regression go hand in hand with mental health. It is a tough illness. You often take one step forward and ten steps back.
I know now that doors open as quickly as they close. That nothing very good or very bad lasts for very long.
Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart.
What time has ever been a simple time for those who are living it?
Sometimes what we want lies behind a door our own actions have locked tight.
I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear...And if so, in time we'd both be wretched and bitter." "I know people can be mended. Not all, and some more immediately than others. But some can be. I don't see why not you." "Why not me?
Don't give into him at all. Deny yourself. Because then your eyes will not be clouded by a madness that you cannot control, and then you will be able to learn to see him as he is. Do you understand?
We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here, and we're feeling the after-effects.' Precisely,' said a passing bush.
Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling.
It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
They’d been married so long, because when they disagreed, they still wanted to work together. I made a mental note.
