"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."

-- Walter Jon Williams

“One response to feeling abandoned is to abandon yourself.”

Source : Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah E. Meagher, Seth D. Grossman, Rowena Ramnath (2012). “Personality Disorders in Modern Life”, p.481, John Wiley & Sons
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
“When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing.”
“I don't like sex ... I'm a single working mom with nine cats, a dog-shark, a lizard, and a bunny. I don't go to bed, I pass out. The idea that I'd get to my bed and there'd be someone in there with whom I was supposed to have an activity is horrifying to me.”
“A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.”
“I'm learning that the times I felt the best about my life and career, I'm most like the water finding that path.”
“Polls? Nah... they're for strippers and cross country skiers.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Sarah Palin on Animal Rights". Interview with Andrew Kirschner, kirschnerskorner.com. January 26, 2016.
“Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.”

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