Win hearts, and you have all men's hands and purses.
Many of the men who had come to the wilderness to practice religion appeared to have forgotten its true nature.
It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.
The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.
And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?
Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.
to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.
You always have your complaints about your own music. I never finish a track because I decided to finish. It's like, I just finish a track because I'm tired of it, you know? So you could be finishing songs forever, I think, if you are quite a perfectionist.
I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.
People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities.