But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?

Half the harm that is done in this world<br>Is due to people who want to feel important.

I always feel it's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Your burden is not to clear your conscience<br>But to learn how to bear the burdens on your conscience.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire<br>Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.

We do not know until the shell breaks what kind of egg we have been sitting on.

A prose that is altogether alive demands something of the reader that the ordinary novel reader is not prepared to give.

This is one moment$$$<br>But know that another<br>Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.