Alignments

In these environments \\ starts a new line.

\begin{flushleft}
Some people like to stay firmly\\ on the left whereas others
\end{flushleft}
\begin{flushright}
feel more at home on the right.\\ 
\end{flushright}
\begin{center}
but most of us prefer to stay dead in the center.
\end{center}

Some people like to stay firmly
on the left whereas others

feel much more at home
on the right.

but most of us prefer to stay dead in the center.