There are some days we can claim and there are other days that claim us.

Anna Petrovna: I am beginning to think, doctor, that fate has cheated me. The majority of people, who maybe are no better than I am, are happy and pay nothing for that happiness. I have paid for everything, absolutely everything! And how dearly! Why have I paid such terrible interest?

Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.

A day of rest yields a hundred days of progress.

Some days you live in pajamas, and your hair kind-of has that Albert Einstein look.

Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.