“We believe that we can change the things around us in accordance with our desires—we believe it because otherwise we can see no favourable outcome. We do not think of the outcome which generally comes to pass and is also favourable: we do not succeed in changing things in accordance with our desires…”— Marcel Proust, amazon.com
“It was unfair that people could pretend to be one thing when they were really something else. That they would get you on their side and then do nothing but fail, and fail, and fail again. People should come with warnings, like cigarette packs: involvement would kill you over time.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“A life without structure is too risky. A life without structure is the road to collapse.”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com