You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Life is a series of lessons in which there is never enough learned.

I hope I remember everything," said Toni.
"You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.

It seems the great advantage of people who annoy us is motivation to engage in reflection.

One of the most interesting parts of writing is that you can think about it all of the time. Writers get their ideas all day and all night long, not just when they sit at their writing tables. No one will see your thoughts, but inside you head you can always wonder and ponder. "Hmmm...that's strange." Or, "I might write about that later." When you write, you notice things that other people do not. Artists and scientists do this too. To create, one must observe

Part of the process of getting what you want is learning what you don't want.