Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy.

I find I very rarely live up to my words. And since you know me primarily through my words, there are oh so many ways I can disappoint.

That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.

The thing about champagne,you say, unfoiling the cork, unwinding the wire restraint, is that is the ultimate associative object. Every time you open a bottle of champagne, it's a celebration, so there's no better way of starting a celebration than opening a bottle of champagne. Every time you sip it, you're sipping from all those other celebrations. The joy accumulates over time.

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.

I asked you what you wanted and you said you didn't want anything. And I told you I wasn't planning on giving you anything; I was planning on giving you something.

There is no word for the recipient of the love. There is only a word for the giver. There is the assumption that lovers come in pairs.