How do you know that I'm out of control? Maybe I'm just awkward.

Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.

Even though we express emotions and feel motion, life is nothing but a dream and a magical illusion.

this process isn’t suitable for complex decisions that have nuance, and those who use it in such situations run the risk of being perceived as rubberstamping when the decision had already been made.

[G]ive nothing centrality, because writing is about continually shifting weight from one thing and moment to the other.

Chance is your godThough you're falling free you will land hard

Love is a state of the heart, but also, an activity. And quite an awesome one.

When you can bring yourself to write about it one day, you will find it all less painful. It is a catharsis of sorts, but the process can be brutal. Don’t do it until you’re ready.

Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting

Why me?' I ask God. God says nothing. I laugh and the stars watch. It's good to be alive.

I come alive at night. I'm such a night owl.

Adolescence in my growing up period was truly "Happy Days," the title of a TV show connotating the quality of this life period.