I wish I felt as calm as I look

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die.

It feels great to recall great times.

Obsessed is a word that the lazy use to describe the dedicated.

Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.

I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?

Chaos breeds life, while order breeds success.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

Growing up, I was such a picky eater. I'm finally starting to expand.

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

You can't have somebody guide you through everything - some things you have to learn on your own.