Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept.

But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt.Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.

Your grief is something to be admired – the pain of severance. A scar where something used to be.

Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in theuniverse, except that everyone else is still here.

You are hatching from the past.

The love of aman is like a drop of color into something clear.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’renot the first to die.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music.

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream.

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.

I must be getting old ... People are beginning to tell me I look so young. They never tell you that when you are young.

If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.

A girl can dazzle - just naturally!

Time makes you bolder, children get older. I'm getting older, too.

Hello...911? I'd like to report a robbery, looks like Trish and Tomko stole the show!