dragonflies circled me, the sun knifing off the brilliant blues and yellows of their bodies.

The sight of a palm tree silhouetted against the sky made even his life feel like a movie

Years later, I remember the waxy taste of the yellow paint, the papery taste of splintered wood, the sharp metallic of the graphite.

I remember a new heaviness in my body, but maybe that's the work of time and my looking back.

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God.

One cannot see one’s own mistakes in matters where his interest lies.

If only you can add just one great and distinctive thing to your life each day, you shall surely not just live and leave one great thing!

A life without love is like a river without water. Dryness cracks the heart.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Magic to me is you make a movie and it's all great and it clicks, and at the end of the day you feel like you're having an experience that is positive and that you're learning from.

Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.

Well, I've lost my wife. I've lost my job. I've lost 20 MINUTES OF MY LIFE! Damn the decaf.

The mining industry might make wealth and power for a few men and women, but the many would always be smashed and battered beneath its giant treads.

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.