Magic likes a good tragedy, too.

You can do terrible things when you don't know who you are.

I've been punched by a vampire, an Indian girl, and a panda... I should be a video game.

They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even mean?

I spy, with my little eye, something that starts with ... G." "Sausages.

Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to know what a big deal you aren't.

There's a little bit of magic in every box!

The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.

...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.

I was the funny, outgoing kid who didn't understand how he could keep getting mistaken for a nerd nobody liked.

As far as pets go, a cat is a nice on to have.

Those who can create, will create. Those who cannot create, will compete.

All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010)

These words you want to remember: if you do not learn to control the power within you, it will consume more than just your enemy.

you simply couldn't guard yourself against dreams. they attacked late at night when a person was at the most vulnerable.

I stared at him. Maybe it had been hard for him being second best too.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Science is not ... a perfect instrument, but it is a superb and invaluable tool that works harm only when taken as an end in itself.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

I just try work out at least twice a week if I can.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.