Adventure is really always just subjecting yourself to something unfamiliar

Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music.

How much better it would be, she thinks, if the world were ruled by chance and not a God.

A house is your third skin, after the skin made of flesh and clothing.

Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.

As soon as you start to tell yourself in your perception that you can't do something anymore, then your biological system will adjust to prove you right. You will not do what you think you can't do.

There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.

Assured her I've never loved anyone except myself and have no intention of starting now.

I understand China, and I understand the Chinese mind. I understand where they're coming from. They are not our friend.

The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a wheel rolling on its own, a prime movement, a sacred Yes.

The stock market and economy are two different things.

My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.

Mixing is figuring out what is essential to the moment and subordinating everything else