That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much happened at all.

I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own.

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man.

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.