The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that.
Giving up is the only sure way to fail.
Please, I'd love to meet the guy you couldn't handle, and give him and award.
You again,” she said, and she did not sound happy. “I know,” the warrior replied with a heartfelt sigh. “You’re so lucky to see me twice in one day. You’re honored by my presence, yada, yada, heard it all before. Let’s just move on, shall we. I don’t handle fawning very well.
I'm not mad, though," Kat said. "You lied to me, and I lied to you. We're even. " Finally he lost the grin. "When did you lie?" She gave him a Sweet'N Low smile, as if his amusement had been poured into her. "Every time we messed around. I didn't actually enjoy myself, if you know what I mean.
Words without action mean nothing. I’ll show you.
Is it sad that my first thought happened to be: Thank God I'm off the treadmill.
A reasonable scale of probability-what is likely-forbids believing a whole range of imaginative possibilities, even though we do not know anything for sure.
While it is probably a poor idea to own actively managed funds in general, it is truly a terrible idea to own them in taxable accounts. . . taxes are a drag on performance of up to 4 percentage points each year. . . many index funds allow your capital gains to grow largely undisturbed until you sell. . . For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.
In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth, such as brazilwood and pepper, which added a new range of sense experience to a civilization which had never suspected its own insipidity. . . From these same lands our modern Marco Polos now bring back the moral spices of which our society feels an increasing need as it is conscious of sinking further into boredom, but that this time they take the form of photographs, books, and travelers tales.
It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.