Critics: They smell life and they cannot stand it.
― Charles Bukowski
I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul;
witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I
went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the
earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.
― Søren Kierkegaard
The reader lives faster than life, the writer lives slower.
― James Richardson, “Even More Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays from
Vectors 3.0”
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― Charles Bukowski
Let me tell you some things I find productive. Positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement. Honesty. I'll tell you some things I find unproductive. Constantly worrying about where you stand based on inscrutable social clues and then inevitably reframing it all in a reassuring way so that you can get to sleep at night. No I do not believe in that at all. If I invited you to lunch I think you're a winner, if I didn't I don't, but I just met you all. Life is long, opinions change. Winners prove me right. Losers prove me wrong.
― Robert California
Even frequent fliers eventually fly away, never to be seen again.
https://compactmag.com/article/no-cure-for-loneliness
Kau suka bicara tentang keindahan, Jean. Di mana keindahan suatu kekejaman, Jean?" "Tidak sederhana keterangannya, Minke. Gambar ini bersifat sangat pribadi, bukan untuk umum. Keindahannya ada di dalam kenang-kenangan.
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer
I remember a day in class when he leaned far forward, in his 11 characteristic pose — the pose of a man about to impart a secret — and croaked, "If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud! If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" This comical piece of advice struck me as sound at the time, and I still respect it. Why compound ignorance with inaudibility? Why run and hide?
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Every day must be a struggle for self-improvement in the service of improvement of the world.
― Alone
Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
― William Shakespeare
May you do good and not evil
May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
– SQLite