Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

A good novel is like a mirror that reflects the complexities of human existence

We generally realized how to respect fallen troopers. They were murdered for the good of us; they went out on our central goal. Be that as it may, how are we to grieve an arbitrary man executed in a fear-based oppressor assault while sitting in a bistro? How would you grieve a housewife who jumped on transport and stayed away forever?

My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Lawyers are the new three-button, white-collar, cuff-shooting cowboys. They fulfill all the cowboy criteria. Workingmen with arcane skills. They can be both good and bad, sheriffs and gunslingers

90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good”.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.

By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Only those moments count, when the desire to remain by yourself is so powerful that you’d prefer to blow your brains out than exchange a word with someone.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

Every man has his little weakness. It often takes the form of a desire to get something for nothing.

Tell me what can I do to make it up to you? ‘Cause what we got’s too good to say goodbye

If my body was on fire, you’d watch me burn down in flames

If we wake up and you wanna break up, that’s cool No, I won’t blame you, it was fun, girl

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life

When you see someone like him coming on, with his great pace and desire to take someone on, it is a boost.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.

God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.

I wasn’t a misanthrope and I wasn’t a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

For better to come, good must stand aside

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.