I'm sorry, but I don't get it. If we're supposed to ignore everything that's wrong with our lives, then I can't see how we'll ever make things right.

Today I am in control because I want to be. I have my fingers on the switch, but have lived a lifetime ignoring the control I have over my own world. Today is different.

I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.

Isn't it funny how we live inside the lies we believe?

As I load my shirt into the washer for the night, I daydream about making a sign and hanging it around my neck. I could wear it to school tomorrow. It could read, I MISS CHARLIE KHAN.

It also makes my father right again. How will I ever soar with the eagles if I'm surrounded by turkeys?

The trick is remembering that change is as easy as you make it. The trick is remembering that you are the boss of you.

She launched the airplane and it caught a current and circled down toward the town, like a promise of something good.

I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Which Zen guy said "If you want to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water"?

--he stopped and eyed Bill Corso--"if you choose to just sit here like a bored jungle gorilla, you will have to write out this quote as many times as you can during the next hour.

I wish for world peace, because it's about as likely to occur anything else I can wish for.

The proof of the pudding is in the Cosmic Ordering.

Your calling should be your territory

I don't need a cloak to become invisible.

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.

The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with that issue. The point of the Book of Job is faith: Where is Job when it hurts?

I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.

If I died right now, my life would be complete.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.