Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

Fear trumps empathy.

If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy.

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

Three young cats with starlight in their eyes and the whisper of ancient wind in their fur." -Rock, Cats of the Clans

Basketball. I love it. I can't believe these giants move like kids. They are so flexible.

I'm a slumdog philosopher.

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

Jesus must have been a psychopath

We're all doing what we love. It's how we express ourselves - operating in a space where you don't know if something is possible or not.