A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.

The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.

Garden as though you will live forever.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.

It seemed that the good people were always cleaning up the messes.

Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.

What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.

The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.

You stopped looking for the truth...I'd guess that's a sin we've all been guilty of.

How is the United States at once the most conservative and commercial AND the most revolutionary society on Earth?

Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Without passion, you don't have any energy, and without energy, you simply have nothing

Anyone can come into your life and say how much they love you. It takes someone really special to stay in your life and show how much they love you.

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

Softening what is rigid in our hearts.

I learn through listening and watching other performers that are very good, like Denise Chávez, Dorothy Allison.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.