“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, 'Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed,' but most of us would say something more along the lines of, 'A…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“The realist in actuality doesn’t truly see ‘what is.’ They only see what was. As soon as the mind thinks about ‘what is,’ the moment has already passed. The realist only sees how things were, and then expects them to be. Clinging to their love of the past, if even only clinging to what was just a mo…”— Derek Doepker, amazon.com
“There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.”— Douglas Adams, amazon.com
“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“As far as I can tell, there are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and someone deciding they don't love you anymore.”— Ryan O'Connell, amazon.com