Each of us has our definition of adventure: ending an unsatisfyingrelationship, returning to school, parachute jumping or training for amarathon. Go ahead. Get your thrill on.

Follow your heart. Then root its longing with the facts.

No moment is too small to claim. Strung together, moments fashion a life.

Risk: no full life occurs without it.

Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularlyso every stretch won’t feel like your first.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up.

We can talk about it, dream about it and dissect the fine print.In the end, only action satisfies our longing.

To believe that we can have what we want is an act of trust – not only of others but also, ourselves.

If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life’s blessings.

The study book for life’s tests is the whole of our experience. Though we mayfeel unprepared, tests appear only when we are truly ready to ace them.

I'm sure it's not all hot buttered crumpets out there in the breathing world of asphalt and heartbeats.

We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

The habit of questioning authority is one of the most valuable gifts that a book, or a teacher, can give a young would-be scientist.

You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.

We bring nothing to God, and He gives us everything.

Nothing exciting ever happens to me.

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

Guys think I'm staring them down, but they watch ME for signs. Why can't I do the same to them?

So just look mean and don’t make eye contact with anyone. (Syn) Gee, hon, you take me to the most wonderful places. (Shahara)

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.