"People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out"

-- Norah Vincent

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“â€¦I noticed you donâ€™t have any self-defense trainingâ€¦â€ â€œâ€¦I can handle myself just fine.â€ She stared at me for a long, uncomfortable moment. Finally, â€œIn the very short time Iâ€™ve known you, you have been chased, shot, robbed, stabbed, drugged, and attacked by magic.â€ â€œIâ€™m still breathing, arenâ€™t I?”
“Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt, I imagine you can grieve as efficiently with chocolates as with tap water.”
“But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost. Especially when one is leaving the wide, wild world - and returning to the place you once fled.”

Source : Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.110, Penguin
“As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You can't adapt to commuting, because it's entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is a different kind of hell every day.'”

Source : Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.141, Vintage
“It's a good thing wrinkles don't start 'til you're 50ish. So, wrinkles, then Happy 60th, and then Just think, you'll be 70 In just those short years, numbering ten”
“I had created a happy world of make-believe around me during the long years of loneliness, a world of beauty and love. It had helped me to survive, this lovely world that was to be mine when the war was over.”
“Before you judge people, judge yourself.”
“I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance.”

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