"People always covet what they themselves do not possess."

-- Walter Moers

“Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement”
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.”
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”
“For me, intuitive thinking means associative thinking; intuition causes us to introduce narrative or figurative elements into a poem before we're able to explain why those elements belong.”
“No child is bad from the beginning, they just imitate their atmosphere.”
“The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.”
“Hollywood ... the most sensational merry-go-around ever built.”
“One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.”

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