Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment.

In trying to be memorable$$$ you wind up sounding unspeakably queer

If a person who constantly reads is labeled a bookworm$$$ then I was quickly becoming what might be called a tapeworm.

What I really hated$$$ of course$$$ was my mind. There must have been an off switch somewhere$$$ but I was damned if I could find it.

Whenever I read a passage that moves me$$$ I transcribe it in my diary$$$ hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.

He looked as though his life had not only passed him by but paused along the way to spit in his face.

If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

I was afraid of being rejected$$$ yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.