"The ego is not master in its own house."

-- Sigmund Freud

#Self Worth Quotes #House Quotes #Ego Quotes

“I think [indications of vulnerability are] why so many portraits work when they're difficult: we believe we're presenting ourselves one way, but the camera always reveals something more vulnerable, despite our best efforts.”
“That was the first sound in the song of love! Scarce more than silence is, and yet a sound. Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings Of that mysterious instrument, the soul, And play the prelude of our fate. We hear The voice prophetic, and are not alone.”
“I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers.”
“I hardly know a sight that raises one's indignation more than that of an enlarged soul joined to a contracted fortune; unless it be that so much more common one, of a contracted soul joined to an enlarged fortune.”
“At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.”
“Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience.”
“I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we do are.”
“It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.”

Source : Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.68, Macmillan

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