We can all have plenty of lives, but there are limits. You never can tell what they are.

She thought it was strange that the mere sensation of savouring the prospect of something could make her think for a while that is must be the prospect of home.

And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize… that this is where your life is.

It is terrible to be an unprotected being.

Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abru

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

That cake tasted good. But the cake in the garbage tasted better. It was the best cake I ever ate.

Beauty is a treasure grove within. Beauty has different layers and depths. Peel and and look beyond the surface deep into the heart, the soul, and the mind

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.

Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

Doing exercise without monitoring yourself will be rare in the future of wearable technology.

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

[Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.