Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.

I've always essentially been a New Yorker.

And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.