In my country we say that ignorance is the warm bath in which it is comfortable to sit but dangerous to lie down.
Marina Lewycka, We Are All Made Of Glue
You can always find problems with any decision, but you can’t let that stop you.
Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother
I close my eyes and I take a deep breath and I think about my life and how I ended up this way. I think about the ruin, devastation and wreckage I have caused to myself and to others. I think about the self-hatred and self-loathing. I think about how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don’t.
A Million Little Pieces, James Frey
I’ve known him for three weeks and look at how swiftly and completely I have fallen for him. Shouldn’t he recognise this and be alarmed? Isn’t this symptomatic of something?
Augusten Burroughs