"A word to the wise is -- unnecessary."

-- Evan Esar

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Unnecessary Quotes

“Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.”

Source : Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness”, p.374, Hachette UK
“Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't.”
“Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free writes and multiple experiments.”
“Elijah Snow: 'Who have you pissed off this time, John?' John Stone: 'Sumatran robot death ***** -- Dammit, ONE of these buttons fires the atomic death biter --”
“Sex in general, for me, is a lot of different aspects of humanity, not just my relationships. It's my relationship to myself and my body.”
“The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.”
“Photography is a very important part of my life.”
“When Adam found his rib was gone He cursed and sighed and cried and swore And looked with cold resentment on The creature God has used it for.”

Source : John Hollander (1978). “Spectral emanations: new and selected poems”

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