That same moment he ordered the hateful portrait taken out. But that did not calm his inner agitation: all his feelings and all his being were shaken to their depths, and he came to know that terrible torment which, by way of a striking exception, sometimes occurs in nature, when a weak talent strains to show itself on too grand a scale and fails; that torment which gives birth to great things in a youth, but, in passing beyond the border of dream, turns into a fruitless yearning; that dreadful torment which makes a man capable of terrible evildoing.

You are the only author of the story of your life. 'Fate' is just an excuse for all of your wrong decisions.

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.

Where in the Bible are we told in one verse not to do a thing and in the next to do it?__nswer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him._ Prov. xxvi. 4.__nswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit._ Prov. xxvi. 5.

Wasting time on timing stuff is a good way to save time from being wasted on other pointless activities like writing, reading, and sleeping.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It__ just a waste of perfectly good happiness.