Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part of what makes us who we are.
A named thing is a tamed thing.
I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.
A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.
Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.
If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.