To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition

True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.

A man that can cook you a proper meal that is like a weekday meal - which I think cannot be better than in the form of a roast chicken - that's the greatest.

Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance.

I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thought that could lead a person to start drinking gin at nine o'clock in the morning, and I don't want to go there.

I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?

Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness.