No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.

manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.

Some of us don’t trust others unless there’s a reason to trust them.I prefer to trust others until they give me a reason not to.

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

The war is in the mountains,” he said. “For as long as I can remember, they have killed us in the cities with decrees, not with bullets.

Chris (Moneymaker) winning that tournament has made the rest of us a lot of money.

I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I worked as a teacher. I make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences.

All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

Happiness is time spent with a friend and looking forward to sharing time with them again.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.