The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don't give you a product or service you want, I will starve. Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.

Ben Shapiro

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

Doug Horton

The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics.

Christopher Hitchens

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half of life consists of the chance without the capacity

Mark Twain

We choose our lovers for their flaws, you know, Mel said. People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.

Larry McMurtry

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert W. Service

The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.

Steven Wright

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

Paulo Coelho

God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages.

Henry David Thoreau

The beauty of melancholy cannot be attained by looking. You must embrace the terror it breeds. Then you will be pleased.

S.E. Lindberg

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.

Alex Haley

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison