Life is short. But desire, desire is long.

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

How fragile we are, between the few good moments.

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

How silently the heart pivots on its hinge.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

Something looks back from the trees, and knows me for who I am.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.

Nothing great happens without a great idea.

We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.

I think I like you, " I muttered, pressing my face to his muscled torso in a hug. I felt his heartbeat under my ear."I think I like you back.

I only get fat when I eat food cooked by other chefs. At home, my wife does all the cooking. She makes simple things like soups and salads. We both like steamed tofu.

I do believe in ghosts. Freaky things will happen, and I'm like, 'The wind didn't do that! Some spirit did'.

I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.

If we are ever to become what we might have been, we must cease being who we've become.

He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.