He felt every day more and more certain that she, and she alone, could make him happy. ― Elizabeth Gaskell

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When someone is impatient and says, 'I haven't got all day,' I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day? - George Carlin

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I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference. -- Greta Garbo

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The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate. ― Cormac McCarthy

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I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. - George Carlin

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You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar. - George Carlin

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Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that. - George Carlin

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Always remember that you were once alone, and the crowd you see in your life today are just as unecessary as when you were alone. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ― Haruki Murakami

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When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. - George Carlin

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