"Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be."

“This world is full of broken things: broken hearts, broken promises, broken people,”

Source : John Connolly (2008). “The Unquiet: A Thriller”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

“And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.”

“When God decides its time, I guess he'll come for us.”

“Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.”

“There's never a right way to tell somebody that they've been traded.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com

“The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing with a massive iceberg of pain in front of it, but it can deal with short nuggets that will come to an end. So instead of thinking, Ugh, I've got twenty-four miles to go, focus on making it to the next telephone pole in the distance. Whether you're running twenty or one hundred and twenty miles at a time, the distance has to be tackled mentally and physically one mile at a time. The ability to compartmentalize pain into these small bite sizes is key.”

Source : Joe De Sena (2014). “Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

“Vice gets more in this vicious world than piety.”

“I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.”