The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.Simone Weil
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.Simone Weil
When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.F. Scott Fitzgerald
Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it.Karl Lagerfeld