Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.

Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose read more

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the read more

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

It's the things I might have said that fester.

It's the things I might have said that fester.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.