experience Quotes

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.