"Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them"

-- Voltaire

“It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.”
“There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no exceptions, no sunny days, no acts of random kindness.”

Source : T.C. Boyle (1996). “The Tortilla Curtain”, p.147, Penguin
“Yes, I definitely plan to direct at some point.”
“And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.”
“Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress...”
“The word 'barren' tells you everything you need to know. The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry. ... Imagine if you saw George Clooney on the cover of a magazine every week with: 'Is George broody? Is George gonna adopt a baby? When is George gonna have another kid?' It would just seem weird. We'd seem demented, yet it's totally valid for women.”
“The universe is so amazing and so limitless, who wouldn't want to study the universe?”
“I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also your peak baby-making years, and that's just the truth. And those are choices women have to make.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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