Book: The victim

Weak social skills and inability to understand people - the right way to the creation of the intricate world. When the head is full of noise, you may lose your balance. For the predator, is able to overcome her resistance, she becomes an easy prey.

Appearance - not fate, but of the essence. Even toddlers appreciate peers in attractiveness. Other things being equal, to cute kids are treated better by both adults and peers.

... in spite of all the social networks and they create temporary clans (group of yoga practitioners, a group of fans of yogurt, a group of admirers of Yogi Berra), we all eventually play solo. And this can lead to self-absorption.

Because the children are taught not to stare at strangers, and abnormality deterred.

Notice, waddling on a dark city street eighty years old, and your vital signs - blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate - remain the same. But replacing the old girl to a strong young man, with a casual look going to meet you, and the sympathetic nervous system switches into a higher gear. Of course, this psychological profiling is, of course, imperfect. Coming closer to the old woman, you see a guy disguised as a woman, and snatches of "trunk". But for the most part things are what they seem, and we all rely on it.
Try to live somehow, and see where it gets you.

- Shy girl.
More than. Fearful.
And what is she afraid of?
- Think of life.

When you encounter a wall, pick a different route.

The request is only a formality. Perhaps this is the definition of friendship.

- Is cynicism - not my strong point?
- A little sharing never hurt anyone.
- You know what Oscar Wilde said about cynics?
They know the price of everything, but appreciates nothing.
- It was a stupid question. How about the atomic weight of molybdenum?
I have no idea.
- Thank you, God, for small mercies.

... Milo grabbed my hand and shook it with feeling. Thank you.
- For what?
- I slip, you fall. And you you make a straw.

- In any divorce is the potential unpleasant, ' said Grant Fellinger. - Subject to the availability of two crucial ingredients.
He stood expectant pause.
- Children and money, ' I said.