How did I prepare for night shifts? When I was a small, anxious kid, I checked my mom in her sleep to make sure she was still breathing.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.

Life did come with a manual.

Solitude is the canvas of a thinking mind.

If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write.

Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

It's only awkward if it matters.

You don't have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.

It reveals how well you value someone - the way you handle their belongings.

The past will be your teacher if you learn from it

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

The best way to boycott is to build your own

A married philosopher is a comic character.

I'd really like to promote my increasing consumption of bacon.

We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.

There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. I never even saw it coming.

Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

Everyone's trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.

Les Miles looks like the mad science genius.