People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.
Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.
Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.
Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.
People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.
Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.
Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.
Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.
And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.