Looking closer can make something beautiful

It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.

Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.

Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.

...choosing words is harder than I thought.

Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.

Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.

Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.

Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!

I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine

When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.

The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.

I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.

We like to be deceived.

Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.

The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to reclaim our own inner voices!

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.