“Each one of us is a flawed human being. Let’s hold each other accountable without dismissing one another's triumphs in service of humankind.”— Jordan Bach, twitter.com
“...how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame ourselves for making so much of the tea-cup.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.”— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, amazon.com
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“A human being is a being who is constantly under construction, but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.”— Jose Saramago, democraticunderground.com
“Some people ditch friends and lovers because it’s easier to get new ones than to resolve conflicts with the old ones, particularly if resolving a conflict requires one to admit error or practice mercy. I’m describing an asshole. But what if the asshole thinks he’s ditching an asshole?”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com