Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is foolish to waste time on one that does not give you pleasure.

Why wait for your happiness to come from your future blessings, when this moment already has all you need to live happily?

When the storm rips you to pieces, you have to decide how to put yourself back together again.

when the presence is like thunderstorm, the absence prevail deep dark silence.

While I cannot prevent the birds from flying over my head, I can prevent them from making a nest in my hair. - Chapter 5 My Cinderella

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

I would definitely like to be a slightly aging action hero with a smart mouth and have a little bit of fun.

There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.

You are the one and only ever you.

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.

Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.