The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Quoted by Thornton Wilder, interview (December 14-15, 1956) with Richard Goldstone, The Paris Review: Writers at Work, First Series (1958)
“Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 22
“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
1930s, The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
Cassandra Clare book City of Bones
Simon to Clary, pg. 6
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
“Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you my answer in the morning…”
Jim Steinman (1947) American musician
Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light
“A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.”
Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014) writer
Source: Mr. Wrong
