It was here I learnt that corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity.

Who can ever hold the essence of fire?Who can ever know the alchemy of desire?

I was still madly in love with her when I left her but the desire had died, and not all the years of sharing and caring and discovering and journeying could keep me from fleeing.

Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth left to itself it sweeps in like the tide.

Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient.

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

Don't die like I did.

I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

I always find myself pulled back into the fantasy genre, and I can't really explain it.

What is so priceless about being the selves we were created to grow into is that it's impossible to do it wrong.

A transcendent being can be any miracle.