But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt.Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept.

Your grief is something to be admired – the pain of severance. A scar where something used to be.

Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in theuniverse, except that everyone else is still here.

You are hatching from the past.

The love of aman is like a drop of color into something clear.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’renot the first to die.

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Friendship, " said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.

The problem with being a leader is that you're never sure if you're being followed or chased.

The healthy life is hardly one marked by an absence of crises. In fact, an individual's psychological health is distinguished by how early he or she can meet crisis.

If we reverse the outer shell and the essence--in other words, consider the outer shell the essence and the essence only the shell--our lives might be a whole lot easier to understand.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.