Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

A taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like love without the fear of love's dissolution.

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

Sigh like the wind--open your arms, your chest, your heart--and all creatures will hum to you.

Dating and hiring have a lot in common.

Go forth and let the magic happen.

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation?

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

My advice for anyone wanting to direct is that nobody is going to hand you an opportunity. You have to create your own opportunities and not take no for an answer.

Thousands of miles of wheat, indifference, and self- apology.

Nothing's impossible for Rickey. You don't have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.