Friends are an intersection. A route back to the world.

Shifts within friendships happen in imperceptible increments. There is distance, then assurance. Misconjecture, caution, gradual convergence. So much depends on the respect accorded to vulnerability.

Unmediated joy was nowadays unfashionable.

Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit.

To her, it was like asking a butterfly what it remembered about being a caterpillar. She could fly now and nothing could touch her when she left the cocoon of her body behind at night.

I'm very flexible. I've got flexibility in any weight class. If you guys out there want to fight me man, I will fight you guys.

If you the American citizen leave a child in a hot car and that child was harmed by that you will be charged with negligence even if your action was unintentional.

I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.

The greatest menace to the world today is the growing, exploiting, irresponsible imperialism.

The thinking of the world leads us to think shallowly and act too quickly.

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.

With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.

In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.