Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more than what it is. For someone else’s memories.

There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you're in Paris and you already miss it.

And all Halloween candy pales next to candy corn, if only because candy corn used to appear, like the Great Pumpkin, solely on Halloween.

The best thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent.

For me, the experience of being in other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You learn things ten times faster.

In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its population density, it makes sense.

That's when I began drinking coffee. I was hung up on every little thing. I loved Paris, and felt straightaway at home. Not to be grandiose, but it seemed like all the city had been waiting for me.

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesnt have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have, really? What damage could be done, being so puny in the big scheme?

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

Luxury is the enemy of growth.

Some things were secret even after you told them.

I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress.

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.

When you're sad, you're not sad. You are merely oblivious to the good things in your life. There is always a crack of light in the darkness. Find it.

If you were mine, I would never have broken up with you, not in a million years.

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.

I had to brainwash myself, like what I was doing was going to be really, really good, and then just accept whatever happened.

I vow to interpret every experience as a direct healing of the Goddess with my soul.

If you think you're a leader, and you look over your shoulder and there ain't nobody following you, man, you're just takin' a walk.