"In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by."

-- Steve Wozniak

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“That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.”
“As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant.”
“Things are working out... towards their dazzling conclusions.”
“There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.”
“She cried for herself, she cried because she was afraid that she herself might die in the night, because she was alone in the world, because her desperate and empty life was not an overture but an ending, and through it all she could see was the rough, brutal shape of a coffin.”
“The pleasure and sadness of youth is that the speed of its passing is never thought about; and so you say that you will do this or that in a year, in five years, only to wake up one morning to realize that what you thought was infinitely prolonged has ended.”

Source : "The Way to Minack". Book by Derek Tangye, 1968.
“How deeply do any of us know our own selves? Ask yourself. We hold a picture of how we wish to be and hope it goes forever unchallenged. Passing through life never pursuing aspects of our natures with which we'd rather not reckon. Dying strangers to ourselves.”

Source : Craig Davidson (2012). “Sarah Court”, p.64, ChiZine Publications
“We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we canâ€™t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When weâ€™re distressed and go to therapy, our therapistâ€™s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesnâ€™t come with plots; itâ€™s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we canâ€™t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense.”

Source : John Dufresne (2010). “Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months”, p.277, W. W. Norton & Company

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