And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

You have to know where you were going in order to get there.

Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin.

No. We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?

Mrs. Reed grabbed Kayla's wrist. "Good. You haven't gotten that damned tattoo. Whatever you do, don't let them make you get it.

We humans can never claim to do nothing, we breath, we pulse, we regenerate.

It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?

The seeds of happiness can grow from one thought, one idea, one simple change in focus.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

When I think about myself, my thought seeks itself in the ether of a new space. I am on the moon as others are on their balconies. I participate in planetary gravitation in the fissures of my mind.

If you play a king, it's better if everybody treats you like a king.

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

If you don't count some of Jehovah's injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible.

All our relationships, especially the deep ones, stir up the deepest issues for us that we need to confront and work with.

There's birth, there's death, and in between there's maintenance.

Why do women go out with jerks? Because jerks ask.