Brian

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
― Carlos Castaneda

“These wrinkles are nothing
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
― Mark Strand

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial