It was the sort of beauty you feel so deeply it becomes contagious and somehow makes you feel beautiful too.

Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.

Time wasn't the same anymore. Doors were slamming shut before we even knew they'd been opened. Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

It’s a new world. Stand up.

Action is the mother of creation.

Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion and kindness.

I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.

The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.

For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.

Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health.

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.

My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.