Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason
Wishes run over in loquacious impotence, will presses on with laconic energy.
As the interest of man, so his God; as his God, so he.
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.
You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
He will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father.
Biology designed the dance. Terror timed it. Dictated the rhythm with which their bodies answered each other. As though they already knew that for each tremor of pleasure they would pay with an equal measure of pain. As though they knew that how far they went would be measured against how far they would be taken.
The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.
I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.