It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.
You create your opportunities by asking for them.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
Vanessa didn't like it, but I figured a cop wasn't going to stop for a kid waving his hat in the street, not that day. They just might stop if they saw Darryl bleeding there, though. I argued briefly with her and Darryl settled it by lurching to his feet and dragging himself down toward Market Street.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'