I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am.

Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.

The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way.

Regret is… an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.

I was disappointed if I didn't have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn't do it.

There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.

The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure.

I cleaned toilets and shined shoes.

Adolescent stage in the development of the human race from which humanity should free itself.

Rich people are committed to enough to do whatever it takes. Period.

I don't see how he lost five games during the season.