#pin

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#effort #enjoy #folks #helping #into

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#fame #had #me #much #unhappiness

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#asking #blinds #government #install #like

The thought you have now shapes your experience of the next moment. Practice shaping the moment. ↗

— Tom Barrett

#moment #next #now #practice #shapes

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy. ↗

— John Barrow

#assume #because #complete #fallacy #financial

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. ↗

— Dave Barry

#circumstances #never #night #pill #same

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. ↗

— Dave Barry

#chat #future #internet #shaping #society

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin. ↗

— Dave Barry

#admit #better #coin #complain #country

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#fool #helping #how #humor #realize

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#death-and-dying #death-of-a-loved-one #sorrow #unhappiness #death