A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully.

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility.

Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have. When they're treated like that, children start to crawl inside a shell and keep everything inside. It takes a lot of time and effort to get them to open up again. Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.

I was dying. Like all the other people who live in this world.

You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely on the details right in front of you, mind you. You’ve got to look ahead a bit or else you’ll bump into something. You’ve got to conform to the proper order and at the same time keep an eye out for what’s ahead. That’s critical, no matter what you’re doing.

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.