As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.

When we make choices, we open ourselves up to hard work and failure and heartbreak, so sometimes it feels easier not to know, not to choose, and not to do. But it isn't.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles

But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.

What do you call it when a straight person comes out? ... A conversation

He who fears death cannot enjoy life.

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts.

To plant is but a part of landscape composition; to co-ordinate is all.

Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.

One point has already been proven. Everything that happened once can happen again.

Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.