Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.

When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.

I watched the land for as long as I could, until it disappeared behind its shawl of mist, and until I had it fixed in my mind - unchanged, mysterious and beautiful

Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis.

By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.

It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

...Promises are more dangerous then secrets.

Parents aren't supposed to cry. Or get scared. Or lie. Right? I thought I knew all the rules. But there are no rules.

...I don't want to mar the moment with questions. By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything.

Summer-induced stupidity.That was the diagnosis...

But, standing in the fading golden sunlight now, I can feel some of the scars of the summer stabbing over. I can feel the promise of a new beginning.

I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.

Never presume negative about someone promptly, You have no idea about the situation of them.

We stand the risk of a standstill, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

You change the past when you change the way you see it.

To have this opportunity, in light of my familys struggles, made me want to create something lasting and relevant.

Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

I'm through with Tolstoy. He has ceased to exist for me.... If I eat a bowl of soup and like it, I know by that fact alone and with absolute certainty that Tolstoy will find it bad, and vice versa.

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!

Rituals build brands.

Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.