“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”

“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”

“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far.”

“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.”

“We call talking about other people’s personal lives ‘gossip’ only if we aren’t or weren’t part of the conversation.”

“Most people would instantly start feeling ten years older if someone were to convince them that they were actually born a decade before their birthdate.”

“People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.”