Those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

Why had he assumed time was some sort of infinite resource? Now the hourglass had busted open, and what he’d always assumed was just a bunch of sand turned out to be a million tiny diamonds.

Karass: A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident

Life isn't sugarcoated. Why should coffee be?

People don't like getting older, but they do like changing. Staying the same is a kind of death.

When change loses its magic, then there really isn't anything left to live for.

People don't like getting older, but they do like changing

Fiction described reality better than non-fiction.

Young people feel things so deeply, don't they?' she said quietly, almost to herself. 'Everything's happening for the first time.

It occurred to Anita that hatred and dislike and even indifference were all luxuries, born of the mistaken belief that anything could last forever.

Life would take everything from you eventually. So who would be so stupid to leave someone they loved by choice?

You are the only person that you'll have for the rest of your life. Cherish yourself. Treat yourself with kindness. Love yourself. Be your own caretaker.

Childhood is trying to find his future and frustrating has become his destiny.

In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.

The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.