…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again.

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

Success appeals to the eye, but it's the journey that captures the heart.

Seeking the truth you will find lies from the past.

If it was all about the destination, we'd spend our nights sleeping in graves.

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

I like to go somewhere where I learn something I didn't know before, like the Dry Tortugas between Florida and Cuba.

You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.

I think that once the nuclear alternative happens, it's over. At the same time, we have to be prepared.

I was born with the gift.

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.