He stayed inside his perfect silence, hung on the stopped, forward edge of nowhere

The world is vicious, too huge to care about even its own survival

Silence: the motor drive of nothingness underneath all rhythm - threatened to last forever, a spell of sleep cast over the entire kingdom of listeners.

Feeling for the first time what it meant to kick open doors that kept closing, no matter how many legends had already passed through.

We'd drifted too far to rely on the old boyhood telepathy anymore.

The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

Jesus also function on the earth through the power of light. Light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom. That is their real power on earth.

Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.

The thing is that racism is systematic, so of course it sometimes manifested itself within the clubs. But I have certainly experienced racism outside of the clubs as well.

Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy.

Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

Being a successful trader also takes courage: the courage to try, the courage to fail, the courage to succeed, and the courage to keep on going when the going gets tough.

Go your own way. Question everything. Accept nothing. Accept no dogma, no cant. There are too many people walking around thinking they're sacred cows, and they're only half right.

That is the key to navigating this life - don't take it too seriously. That's when the party begins.

Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?