"He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything."

-- Baltasar Gracian

#Laughter Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Fool Quotes

“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.”
“It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.”

Source : "Wilson wants leak culprit 'frog-marched'", www.cnn.com. October 6, 2003.
“The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you.”
“Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and popular than that of Einstein gradually fading into ineptitude under the searchlight; and I have no doubt that there will arise a new generation who will look with a wonder and amazement, deeper than now accompany Einstein, at our galaxy of thinkers, men of science, popular critics, authoritative professors and witty dramatists, who have been satisfied to waive their common sense in view of Einstein's absurdities.”
“It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.”
“Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting a prospect as a novel.”
“A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.”
“I'm in love with someone good and kind and gentle, and he's seen the darkness too, but somehow we've become each other's light.”

Source : Emma Forrest (2012). “Your Voice in My Head”, p.19, A&C Black

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