Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.

May you live in interesting times and come to the attention of important people.

He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,

Keep reading, Keep learning.

I have embraced the positive resolution certainly not to entertain any discouragement

I feel like I never get to play any version of myself or get to be a normal person.

You know, running a restaurant is something you have to be working at each and every day; it's not a foregone conclusion that you're a success.

When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.

The ethical argument regarding abortion hinges on the question of when life begins. Some believe life begins at forty.

A friend said to me, "I think the weather is trippy." I said, "No, man, it's not the weather that's trippy, perhaps it's the way we perceive it." And then I realized I just should have said, "Yeah."

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

I've done it! I have become a summoner!