we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why.

Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.

A lot of people, especially psychoanalysts, assume that happiness can only be found in a couple - but not all of us are made for a relationship.

For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone.

Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you.

Maybe with a little more danger ― but there's more to life than just trying to exist.

Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.

The greatest American superstition is belief in facts.

Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

"Spiritual teacher" of course is not an identity. "Spiritual teacher" is a function. Somebody comes, the teaching happens. Somebody leaves, there's no spiritual teacher left.

Everything happened very quickly in my career. It was a very great honor for me to break Jim Clarks record (as youngest champion).

For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.

Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

Your hair is an act of God.