Somehow the idyllic existence I envisioned never quite came to pass, but aside from the occasional culinary disaster, my marriage wasn't bad.

My story begins with a question.

Most are inclined to recline into a reclining position, in order to enjoy the decline.

I am not ashamed of my failures. It is only a foot-stones for building my success.

... Paris was no more Babylon than it was New Jerusalem. All cities worthy of that name were both: they were one because they were the other...

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.

O when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined?

I want them to believe I have a vision for the state of New Jersey.

We (sometimes) get so far ahead of (ourselves) instead of living out each day that we forget to really appreciate the moment that we're in - even if it's (temporarily) bad.