The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.

Quote by Wendy Wasserstein

Topics: Self Loathing Quotes

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

I envy all of you who's parents are together and happy.

I envy all of you who's parents are together and happy.

In this world of her parents' home, the soul-bride has been deluded by doubt. Attached...

In this world of her parents' home, the soul-bride has been deluded by doubt. Attached...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

I like to remind them to be spouses and parents when they go home.

I like to remind them to be spouses and parents when they go home.

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and...

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...