Never take what's offered, always ask for more.

Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.

There is an advantage to be found in most everything that happens to you, even if it is not immediately apparent.

The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of his hand and a hundred musicians tear into the Handel, making a sound you've never heard before, and never will again. A sound that goes through you, through flesh and bone, and reorders the very beat of your heart.

Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every word in the Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, but I still have trouble making them come when I want them to. Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get – a cold sick feeling deep down inside – when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don’t want it to, but you can’t stop it. And you know you will never be the same again.

Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.

DNA tells you all the secrets of life,’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.