Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

Change the world by being yourself.

We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn't matter. But work is third.

Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.

Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about.

There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

Take a scientific fact or theory, add a futuristic or other-worldly setting, stir in an imaginative plot and fascinating characters, and a science fiction novel emerges from the cosmic mix.

The feel of the sticky wetness down there when she moved made her grimace. God, she wanted to get cleaned up. In a hurry.

We must remember that [Albert] Camus wrote not even a third of what he had wished to.

If something good has lost its way into you, it will make its escape overnight. I know you.

You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair.

That was the thing about secrets-you had to carry them with you forever, no matter what the cost.

Life's too short not to sleep when you feel like it.

Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.

Having Messi in the team guarantees everything. He doesn't just score, he gives assists, and he works and wins the ball. He is the best player in the world.