mercifulserpent

A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the
present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
-- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of
cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
-- Peggy Noonan, in Good Housekeeping

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the
roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single
thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
-- Dorothy Parker, Here Lies (1939), "The Little Hours"