To be a comedian: Make peace with the fact that you will never be as funny as a baby falling over.

Most surprising is probably that I thought I had experienced most of the low points life has to offer... but you reach new lows when you are hungover changing a nappy and throw up into it.

To be a dad: Make peace with the fact that you will now be your partner's second favourite person in the world.

I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love.

whatever beauty she thought she might have possessed she realized had only been through her husband's assessment of her

Authenticity is the seed of your identity and you can't go wrong with it in life.

Be attached to nothing. Be grateful for everything.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination which the steadfast heart will conquer and the large mind transcend.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

I've ruined my eyes, I've ruined my health from my studiousness!

Virtuality will destroy reality.

How in the end can one possibly hold anyone responsible for our own underdeveloped visions, or undeveloped strength of character?

To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! 'tis delicious to hate you!