When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.

I went mad before he did, you killed everything in me. Kiss me, will you. Stop defending yourself.

I was an hungered and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger and ye took me in.

I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?

My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.

It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.

[Donald Trump ] who has said women don't deserve equal pay unless they do as good a job as men.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

The customer’s always right.

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