7 Quotes by Caren Lissner

But when ninety-five percent of out-of-bed activities hold the possibility of pain, to be pain-free is simply the most delicious feeling in the world.

The most amazing discovery in the world is someone who understands what you’re about without your having to go through your entire life history to explain it.

Being lonely isn’t about wanting to be with other people – it’s about wanting to be with people who really care about you.

As I get close to the subway, a guy in a raincoat seethes at me, “Smile!” This makes me feel worse. I was lost in thought, minding my own business, and someone felt he had the right to disturb me anyway. Doesn’t he realize that by making me feel like I was doing something wrong, he only made me feel less like smiling? It actually had the reverse effect he intended. It’s like striking a bawling kid to stop him from crying, and we’ve all seen that done.

There are a great many things I would do a study on if I had the time, materials and funding. It bothers me that I can’t. I wonder if others are irked by this, this incessant drive to plumb a million things and the inability to delve adequately into any one of them.

Being smart doesn’t mean being skilled at social interaction. No one ever said being a genius was easy.

I can spot an underemployed lazy intellectual anywhere.