“While one may lose much because of avarice, nothing was ever accomplished by abstinence.”
“Nothing great is ever accomplished by following standards.”
“You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more.”
“It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.”
“It is sometimes the minor, not the major, characters in a novel who hold the author's affection longest. It may be that one loses affection for the major characters because they suck off so much energy as one pushes them through their lives.”
“She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration.”