This is what kindness does, Ms.Albert said. Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world.

The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.

Consider, O Lover, my throatwhite as cigarette paper.The crushed lavender of my knuckles. My heart, a dulled needle threaded throughtoo many patterns.

To save energy, New York City is now dimming the lights of the skyscrapers and the skyline at night. There's a bad side to this. If you need Batman, you have to text him.

We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.

Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.

We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

Begin with loss and see how the world contradicts you, how the horizon implies that beyond it the water is not empty but full of ships all docking at another island.

No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.