I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success.
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
I war not with the dead.
A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to press charges.
Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility.
That's why people take vacations. No to relax or find excitement or see new places. To escape the death that exists in routine things.