Unbidden, Unwelcome, Yet unable to resist, I entered a stranger's life

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance.

Sadness is pervasive, so focus on joy, focus on happiness.

The only way to avoid failure is to sit in a corner and do nothing.

I have my welcome mat turned around backwards so when people leave they think they’re going to a better place.

The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.

Improve your performance by improving your attitude.

A ship is a beauty and a mystery wherever we see it.

We fell in love despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created.

If God resides anywhere ... surely he shelters behind barricades of pure chance.

One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.