Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

When we make choices, we open ourselves up to hard work and failure and heartbreak, so sometimes it feels easier not to know, not to choose, and not to do. But it isn't.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.

You have to let go of what is holding you back.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

Will I be something? Am I something? And the answer comes: You already are. You always were. And you still have time to be.

Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge touchstone for me, my favorite musical for sure.

Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.

Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go; At noon our sudden summer burns, Ere sunset all is snow.

If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.