“Vanity is the quicksand of reason.” – George Sand

“It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” – Unknown

“After you’ve heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.” – Tim Allen

“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.'” – Maya Angelou

“When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten.” – Molly Wizenberg

“Family reunions are the times when you come face to face with your family tree, and you realize some branches need to be cut.” – Rene Hicks

All sorrows are less with good bread.[ed]” ― Miguel de Cervantes

“If someone cuts you off, ask yourself if you handed them the scissors.” ― Unknown

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” ― Sigmund Freud

“It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.” ― Judith Martin

“If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.” – Carlson Gracie

“Never ignore a person who truly cares for you. One day you may realize you lost the moon while counting the stars.[ed]” – Nico Lang

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere

“A young person is a theory, an old person is a fact.” – Edgar Watson Howe

“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.” – Dylan Thomas

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Avram Noam Chomsky

“Sometimes I think of something so wrong and inappropriate that my little black heart skips a beat with delight.” – Unknown