"If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist."

-- Charles Baudelaire

“Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what I did with my poetry, ask people to feel sorry for me. I got sober and I realized I have to get out of the pity thing; it's not going anywhere for me. I don't want to have any self-pity.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since many girls as well as boys buy the idea that sexual aggression and exploitation is normal masculine behavior, it may not even occur to them to demand to be treated as equals.”
“Learn to forgive yourself and move on.”

Source : Morrie Schwartz (2011). “Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man”, p.15, Pan Macmillan
“Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (1956). “The flight from the enchanter”, Viking Pr
“If you can express something in the simplest way possible, I think there's something noble in that. It's easy to flesh stuff out and get all purple with it, being cryptic and wearing masks... I think it's a bit adolescent. I wanted to write in a way that was vulnerable. I wanted to have courage in stripping back the opaque stuff so it was just raw. I like lyrics that are a lifeline, that have a purpose to them and are not just meandering around in a masturbatory way. They cut the page.”
“I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.”
“When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.”
“One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.”

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