But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

in a slapfight with Jesusmy face bleedsbecause no one cut their fingernails back then

That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised

While you might see a cat on a hot tin roof, a dog on a hot tin roof would be yowling its head off.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

If life is to be sustained, hope must remain.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

The hardest thing in practice is finding enough time to think about design.

Everybody Sails alone, but we can travel side by side

Scientific monitoring is going to be terrifically important, because whatever steps we take ... we will have to monitor those steps in order to know if they're actually working.