Part of the beauty of love was that you didn't need to explain it to anyone else. You could refuse to explain. With love, apparently you didn't necessarily feel the need to explain anything at all.
—Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings
When do I stop? When I'm twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Or right this minute? Nobody tells you how long you should keep doing something before you give up forever.
—Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings
There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it.
—Alice Munro
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
—Mark Twain
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
—Bill Watterson
What's done cannot be undone.
—William Shakespeare
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
—Edgard Varese
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
—George Orwell
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
—Groucho Marx
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
—Unknown
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
—John le Carre
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
—A. C. Benson
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
—Plato
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
—Albert Einstein
Land really is the best art.
—Andy Warhol