Look up, greet sparks of fire with salted eyes, For he’s a burning atmospheric sigh:One blaze of liquid flame on midnight sky, Soft orbital decay, and last goodbye.

Fear of our own depths is the enemy.

Gratitude promotes good well-being.

I'm from Oregon. This is a town of no. I say no to a lot of things, and I get told no for a lot of things. Sometimes there's a yes, and you hope you see something in it.

A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'

I felt like my bubble gum card collection had come to life.

You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.

In a service situation, each delay can mean many unsatisfied customers, each one telling many more.

But then, that's the beauty of writing stories-each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there's no feeling like it.

You can get a new phone or new trainers (sneakers) but you've only got one body so you have to look after it. I don't smoke, or drink a lot of alcohol, and I train almost every day.