I felt like an integral part of my being had just been ripped out of me, only to have it replaced with something that did not belong.

There are some things in life that just are. They are meant to be, and to fight against them is to ensure your own loss.

That boy made me realize, for a while at least, that my parents were wrong, and I didn't have to be like them.

You would free yourself from so much stress and drama if you just understood and embraced the truth that you are enough.

The things that matter most to me are eternal. The bonds of love shared within a family I believe to be eternal.

I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.

It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'

The U.S. is excellent at importing cheap products from the rest of the world. Let's try importing some human capital instead.

Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more.

Not only does political coverage often lose the signal—it frequently accentuates the noise.

What the psychedelics are for us as a species, rather than for each one of us as an individual, what they are for us as a species is an enzyme that catalyzes the language-making capacity.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and again.