Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
I heard them shouting through the muffling canvas of the bag, and then I was being impersonally hauled to my feet by my wrists, my arms wrenched up behind my back, my shoulders screaming.
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.