I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next – though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.

Contentment is knowing you're right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.

I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

I'm going to do less performing because I'm tired. It's hard to convince anybody that you're just going to take it easy.

Negative feelings are like weeds. If you don't fully extract them (i.e. pull out the roots), they will come back.

The challenge of life is to learn how to love

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.

Why not work with your friends? It's working with people you know, and you share the same sensibility.