As a reader, I tend not to get too much from tales of unrelenting grimness.

To act as though we have hope is to keep hope alive

Being part of the original Star Wars generation, I have always known a dark future.

I don't mind if you forget me.Having learned my lesson, I never left an impression on anyone.

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

Dreams are not just goals to lead us to something better. Dreams also help us become better..today.Dreaming a new dream can simply be dreaming of a better you.

A grownup is a child with layers on.

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

All things are photographable.

Try to get inside the skins of others. Think how they feel, how they react, and guide your own conduct by that.

The vestiges of the bicameral mind do not exist in any empty psychological space.

By linking with friends and ultimately strangers and building those relationships, social media is reweaving the social fabric that can then be used to scale your non-profit efforts.