Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

She wasn't afraid of doing good or of resisting evil. She was merely afraid she might not be able to tell the difference.

Only he with the hobbled foot fully knows the beauty of running. Only he with the severed ear can apprehend what the sweetest music must sound like. Our ailments complete us.

If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it.

How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[...]None of us breaks free.

Just follow that one road the whole time!... I hope they don't get lost, I'm so bad at giving directions.

I learned failure early and mastered it.