"The Older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel"

“Worry is most often a prideful way of thinking you have more control over life and its circumstances than you actually do”

Source : FaceBook post by June Hunt from Sep 29, 2014

“It's similar to the way you feel cuddling an infant or a kitten, when you want to squeeze it so hard you'd kill it...”

“There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.”

Source : Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.27, Macmillan

“All I asked for was equality and independence. A rotating chairmanship might have been the answer.”

“It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.”

Source : "Warren Hastings". Book by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1851.

“Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force”

“I was the freak who moved into the nice neighborhood.”

Source : "Pop Quiz: Davey Havok of A.F.I". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. June 11, 2006.

“It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.”

Source : Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.