Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Don’t just have dreams. Take actions too. To make it possible, begin every dream with a simple action and your interest will beam out.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

You are a message to the world make sure it is motivating.

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

... writing letters is thinking, just as talking to you is thinking.

How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them.

Nobody is going to feel sorry for me if I've lost a dollar or $100m.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

I'll have to admit, he really does have quite a smile.Kind of heart-stopping, especially as it comes out of nowhere. I mean... you know. If your heart was in the kind of place to be stopped.

I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right back into reality.