To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position of a camera alters the meaning of the object photographed.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Perhaps what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a live body, the harmony of trifles assembled...in a unique and inimitable way.

The branches do not support the root. But the root supports the branches.

Arrogance is shown in one's respect to the truth.

The whole process of winning the pageant has been so amazing, I'm really excited to move forward into all kinds of projects.

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.

I think that the coalition that President [Barack] Obama put together to win twice is a coalition that I can put together and add to.

I wrote lyrics that were intensely personal to me a few years ago. Maybe people know me better now.

I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.

I never really found out what love was.