It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Interesting people always have a past.

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.