And that's my comfort--that someone else was there and experienced the same thing. How else could I know it was real and not merely a dream?

Maybe I'm sad about wanting you. I'm not too comfortable with wanting someone.

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".

For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?

and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along together... for a time.

Even a mistake is better than nothing.

Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.

I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.

The laws of physics say if there’s a party, Isla will eventually end up dancing on a table.

See your greatness. Be your greatness. Pay it forward.

I don't say this to hurt you, love." The endearment slipped out without me even thinking about it.(...)"Say it again, " he said. "Call me your love.

You like the wind? There is no wind? Start running! Create your own wind!

When our center is strong, everything else is secondary.

My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending.

Our goal was to show people a vision of food they hadn't seen before. So, I had this idea of... let's cut all these things in half, and show a picture of the food in the pan, in the oven.

Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day

Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.