#social-commentary

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

"I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire."

"Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations."

"I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me."

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"

"Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile."

"We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing"

"It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame."

"Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."

"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."