The Romans knew it: quod me alit me extinguit, they said: That which nourishes me, extinguishes me.

I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!

Dutch is not so much a language as an ailment of the throat.

We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations.

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with. i have to believe that’s a sign.

What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV.