Be content to love, to dazzle in the light, If only for moments… And then be gone, With gladness in your heart, Before the creeping shadows Claim too much your sadness at leaving.

Ours was such a delicious risk. My being abruptly and altogether Ecstatic and be-stilled.

On the canvas of life, Every sweep of the brush matters, Counts for something.

Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day.

The searing light of morning Asks unwelcome questions, Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight.

Be brave enough to never yearn For that you cannot hold close In your heart forever. Tread lightly, cherish compassion And live in the moment without fear.

Ultimately not one amongst us Will ever be denied that, The glimmer of a chance to shine.

I am sad, like the hot dust on the streets And the music of fresh fallen leaves Caught in a sliding summer breeze.

Sublime moments refracted, Even if only for seconds, Caught forever in your soul.

Nothing that truly matters Can ever evaporate, Be excised, Burnt out of your soul.

Everyday can be extraordinary And ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there.

We are, each of us, a multitude. I am not the man I was this morning, nor the man of yesterday. I am a throng of myself queued through time. We are, gentle reader, each a crowd within a crowd.

Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

An underground hit didn't make any money and it cost a dollar to get in.

Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power.

Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.

Act your age, not your shoe size.

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.

When Donald Trump is in trouble, he starts yelling, he starts screaming. He starts insulting. He starts cursing.

No matter what kind of diet you are on, you can usually eat as much as you want of anything you don't like.