Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
I nearly fell again, but new hands grabbed me from in front and dragged me down a steel floor and then forced me to my knees and locked my hands to something behind me.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.