Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
We were in the open concourse where the turnstiles were. It was hardly any better here -- the enclosed space sent the voices around us echoing back in a roar that made my head ring, and the smell and feeling of all those bodies made me feel a claustrophobia I'd never known I was prone to.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.