#Insight

"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight andunderstanding."

"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate."

"Often romantic relationships fail because you are trying to get someone to fall in love with the YOU that you never discovered."

"Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself."

"You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil."

"Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine."

"Never give advice unless you have walked the walk, because anybody can talk the talk."

"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."

"My father once told me that it’s not enough for a man to be lucky; that a guy has to know when that streak is on for him."

"Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow."

"The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & clarity."

"Marijuana enhances our mind in a way that enables us to take a different perspective from 'high up', to see and evaluate our own lives and the lives of others in a privileged way. Maybe this euphoric and elevating feeling of the ability to step outsidethe box and to look at life’s patterns from this high perspective is the inspiration behind the slang term “high” itself."

"Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented."

"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still."

"I don’t care what Einstein said about God not playing dice; If he exists, he’s addicted to craps."

"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."

"Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored."

"Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside."

"To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind."

"Nothing carries meaning. People carry meaning. We are the porters of importance."