#people

"A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them."

"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."

"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day."

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

"Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly."

"Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1."

"To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own."

"Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary."

"People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little."

"I haven’t been very impressed lately.By people,or places,or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind."

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."

"When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop."

"I’ve only been in love one time, I said as I held up my pinky finger. I could have held up my index finger, but I wasn’t in love that long."

"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity."

"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear."

"If people reach perfection they vanish, you know."

"I’ll be your Dostoevsky, if you’ll be my Tolstoy. Our life together will be so full of despair that death will be like a gulag full of joy."

"There are pockets of wealth in this country. Mostly those pockets are in the politicians’ pants."

"Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."