I have guts, just not when it counts.

Random questions are the least random of all questions.

You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness." He spoke every sentence as if he'd written it down, memorized it, and was now reciting it. "But while you were looking out the window, you missed the chance to explore the equally interesting Buddhist belief in being present for every facet of your daily life, of being truly present. Be present in this class. And then, when it's over, be present out there," he said, nodding toward the lake and beyond.' ~Dr. Hyde, pg 50

I wouldn't have cared if my girlfriend was a Jaguar-driving Cyclops with a beard - I'd have been grateful just to have someone to make out with.

You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.

He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened.

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.