Better to try and fail than not to try at all

...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. Butoverdo it, and no one wants very much of you.

You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office.

Never in history has distance meant less.

Women hope men will change after marriage but they don't; men hope women won't change but they do.

Do thine own work, and know thyself.

The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.

I know winning 20 is a special kind of thing, but I'd rather get into the playoffs, and be strong for the playoffs.

Even the losers get lucky sometimes!