The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.

Frustration is the mother of risk.

by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress.

Adolescents are like cockroaches: They come out the minute you leave town, crawl the walls, feed indiscriminately, reproduce alarmingly unless drugged, and will certainly outlast you.

By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you.