Laura

“There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.”
― Leonard Michaels

“How to Comfort Yourself When You Have Acted Like a Jackass
Everyone does this occasionally, and you shouldn't feel too upset about it unless it happens quite often, such as three times a day, in which case you must simply get used to it. Remember, other people like you as well or better for it, because it makes them feel so superior; so you've spread a little sunshine. And at the very least, you've served as a bad example.
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― Peg Bracken, The I Hate to Housekeep Book

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.”
― Edwin Percy Whipple