"Maybe there is a beast... Maybe it's only us." - William Golding
"We are the hero of our own story." - Mary McCarthy
"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war." - William S. Burroughs
"If you worked as hard at doing difficult things as you did avoiding them, you'd become unstoppable." - Shane Parrish
"Dead people receive more flowers than living ones, because regret is stronger than gratitude." - Anne Frank
"Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law." - Clarence Thomas