!!! Forever Odd !!!

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth.

"If ones friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. How else would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate and inocculates from foolishness."
You can con God and get away with it ... if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.

The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.
Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness and despair.

Sloth is impervious to opportunity.

Making a decision to choose isn't always easy.

We sometimes take refuge in misery, a strange kind of comfort.

His scaly lips formed the curve of perfect lie; a smile in which malice tried to pass as friendly intent, in which amusement was in fact dripping venom.

The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.

When social forces press for the rejection of age - old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth. These truths will rarely be Truth at all; they will be only collections of personal prefrences and prejudices.

The only benefit of being tagged a hero is that you are regarded by most people with some degree of awe and that, by playing to this awe, by wearing a somber expression and avoiding eye contact, you can almost always ensure that your privacy will be respected.

Review* :  Story is'nt as great as the literature, do grab it if profound writing is what you looking for and if you enjoy the words more than the plot.


From - Ritz Paradise