I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.

A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.

Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.

Perhaps she was just looking for love in the wrong places. In all the safe places. What if love was not safe at all?

And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.

I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness.

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.

The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.

Your commitment to your happiness and well-being serves our entire world in powerful ways. Stay committed.You change our world for the better by changing your world for the better.

As the sun rose I could see Etna, a truncated cone with a plume of smoke over it like the quill of a pen stuck in a pewter inkpot, rising out of the haze to the north of where I was treading water.

Ghost Hampton" took me years to write -- but it won't take you that long to read!

Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallet?

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

There is a wisdom in the body that is older and more reliable than clocks and calendars.

And I'm convinced that knowing the names of things braces people up.

I was very happy in my job at the United Nations.