After a certain age, you couldn't even say where you were from. You went someplace, and lived there. And then you went someplace else.

A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.

If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable. This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found