“I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.” Quote by Michael Caine
“Everyone at Coral Tree Prep was good-looking. Really. Everyone. I didn't see a single fat or ugly kid all morning. Maybe they just locked them up at registration and didn't let them out again until graduation.” KidsMorningTreeUglyFatsLockedLooking GoodPrepsRegistration Book:Epic Fail Source: Epic Fail
“He was wearing a plain white oxford unbuttoned over a T-shirt, but something about the way they fit made him look put together, like an Abercrombie model (well, like an Abercrombie model who had remembered to put on a shirt that morning).” WayWellsLooksMadeTogetherWhiteMorningFitModelsRememberedShirtsT ShirtOxford Book:Epic Fail Source: Epic Fail
“In reality, genuine epiphanies are extremely rare. In contemporary adult life maturation & acquiescence to reality are gradual processes. Modern usage usually deploys epiphany as a metaphor. It is usually only in dramatic representations, religious iconography, and the 'magical thinking' of children that insight is compressed to a sudden blinding flash.” ThinkingChildrenRealityProcessReligiousModernAdultsMetaphorInsightGenuineContemporaryDramaticFlashRepresentationEpiphanyUsageAcquiescenceIconographyMagical Thinking Author:David Foster Wallace
“The vast majority of us imagine ourselves as like literature people or math people. But the truth is that the massive processor known as the human brain is neither a literature organ or a math organ. It is both and more.” PeopleHumansLiteratureBrainKnownImagineTruth IsMajorityMathMassiveOrgansHuman BrainProcessors Author:John Green
“The world in many ways would be a much calmer and gentler place if women ruled. There would have been fewer children sacrificed to the gods of greed and power.” IfsWorldWayChildrenHas BeensWould BeGreedFewerCalmer Author:William P. Young
“I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.” MenAgeFeltDealsSadnessSadBirthday Author:Michael Caine
“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.” WritingStoriesNightVague Author:Neil Gaiman