There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.

"... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how small or large it might be, was a perfect example of what it was."

It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now.

I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.