“Not knowing it was hard; knowing it was harder”

“It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.”

“Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.”

“Its hard to die. Harder to live”

“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”

“We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.”

“Life is hard already. Why make it harder?”

“People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom.”

“Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.”

“Change is hard, I should know.
I should know.”