oh, it breaks my heart that i don't know how they do it

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

"The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as excessively devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant and the feeble-minded as intellectual. Once again, it's all the work of nature. Far from being the sylph to whom poets sing, nature is a cruel, voracious mother who needs to feed on the creatures she gives birth to in order to stay alive."
--Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

(no subject)

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

"Beware of the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you'll suck forever."
--Brian Wilson