Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty. (10)

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

Often things are as bad as they seem.

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone.

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.

He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.

The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a debt free lifestyle.

The ink line drawing flowed the cursive journey, created on paper canvas that brought the story to life.

To Make Something Good, You Must first Make it Bad

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

It was huge mistake to avoid working with the rest of the world because (a) we're the largest source of the problem: 4% of us who are in the U.S. produce 25% of the world's carbon dioxide.

There are a lot of good guys that I race against, and that's what I enjoy the most.

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment than the TV set.

No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.