I think work is a privilege. ... It keeps you alive, spiritually.

A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty deciding on the other two.

I find I'm luckier when I work harder.

I've always felt that I did well as a student because I lacked confidence.

The spirit of Texas seems to pervade our everyday existence. Our desire is to be superlative, not only the largest, but also the best in the United States.

Hope makes a merry heart.

Like Jesus, forgive those who are hurting you because they don't know what they are doing.

> Why does everything that lives have to die?< So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious.

The most malicious god is the god of the counted chicken.

It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.

memory is a storm I can't repel.

It's like, no matter what I do, I always feel like I'm five years old, and I end up in the back of my father's car looking out the window, and nothing has changed in 25 years.

We can be, and should be, the masters of events, and not their playthings.

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

I don't smoke, drink alcohol well, or play games. But I watch dramas. It is hard to quit.