I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

I’m sorry, my lady, ” said Geric, rubbing his arm. “But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire.

I'm a nerd and you bet I love what I do. I am so damn good at it.

I just go about my life. I'm a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.

The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.

I'm really not working in a environment that's sonically pristine. It's not a conventional studio, obviously; it's a bit ramshackle.

Every moment, the sunlight is totally empty and totally full.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

I feel so grateful to my mother and father for a happy childhood. There are things I now understand that they were able to give me that are very special.