The truth is, our parents are but part of the equation that forms us―because the only thing more powerful than fate is free will.

PricklyWhen I'm feelingporcupine-y, I get nasty, I get whiny.Stay away orI might stick you.My sharp words arequills to prick you.

Nico looked so devilishly handsome under the spilling glow of the moon.

What you consider as real may not exist at all, and what you cannot see today may turn out to be the purpose of your life one day.

Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.

Somebody came up to me after a talk I had given, and say, "You make mathematics seem like fun." I was inspired to reply, "If it isn't fun, why do it?"

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

You just work at it. You just keep grinding away, keep trying to get better, and if you got the ability, one day you have a chance.

Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.