Cities aren't like people; they live on and on, even though their reason for being where they are has gone downriver and out to sea.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

The mark of a great leader is not, only, one that found the courage to believe in themselves, but one, that was able to motivate others to take a look inward, and do the same.

Rare is the man who seeks not only to heal himself but to heal his fellow man.

I perceive the world through the wide range of emotions that whirl all around in it.

No matter how many people care about you, she thought, if you can't be open with them about who you truly are, you're still alone.

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin'' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.

The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf.

I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.

Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery.

You'll never call him Fifi again.

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.