Everything is going to be fine.” I hate it when people say that, people who have absolutely no idea of what’s coming next. They turn you into an idiot for even asking.

Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.

I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.

I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that’s what you’d call a silver lining.

I thought about having a proper room, breathing life into it, and nobody minding.

It's not knowing that drives you mad. It's imaging things that you wish you couldn't think up all by yourself.

There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn't always see it.

It's amazing what storms your face can hide, what terrible wrecks can writhe and heave beneath, without one ripple on the surface.

I smiled back and I thoughthow incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.

It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again.

Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.

This is the land of Narnia,' said the Faun, 'where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the eastern sea.

Tikkun Olam Repair The World is simple, powerful, to the point and so professional sounding.

Praise is more obtrusive than a reproach.

If you don't go for your dreams, who will?

And I don't want to jump out of an airplane - I've done that.

I can't wait to wake up and try something new. I can't sleep at night because I want to try something new.

Being an artist is a lifestyle.