As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you.

Jane Austen

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Walter Bagehot

I think Andrew Stanton is such an amazing, creative mind.

Lynn Collins

If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place.

Gita Bellin

We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles.

Denise Mina

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

Miguel de Cervantes

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

Friedrich Nietzsche

Understanding life is like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces that don't fit.

Dave Guerrero

People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.

Diablo Cody

Nick stands up and offers his hand to me. I have no idea what he wants, but what the hell, I take his hand anyway, and he pulls me up on my feet then presses against me for a slow dance and it's like we're in a dream where he's Christopher Plummer and I'm Julie Andrews and we're dancing on the marble floor of an Austrian terrace garden. Somehow my head presses Nick's t-shirt and in this moment I am forgetting about time and Tal because maybe my life isn't over. Maybe it's only beginning.

Rachel Cohn

How long should you try? Until.

Jim Rohn

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Norman Mailer