Don't wish, "said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only...

Of course. You get everything from books.

It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.

To read, even in the half-dark, is also to call the lost forward.

There were people everywhere but no one was mine, and I was no one's.

I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.

But so often, before words can rise to the mind to imply the ineffable, the ineffable has effed off.

And that would be my method of locomotion, the Lion concluded. Not diplomas earned, but friendships bungled. Campaigns aborted. Errors in judgment and public humiliations.

Do good though, will you?" She blinked brightly at the green girl. "If not for your parents or your grandmother, then for me?

This is what fun is like, " said Rain, almost to herself.

It’s been a long, rocky life, with plenty of possibility but too much human ugliness.

You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.

I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

I felt in my bones that this universe does not explain itself.

It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood.

Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.

I thank God that I have been meeting so many people who want to help me.