We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

Jazz exemplifies artistic activity that is at once individual and communal, performance that is both repetitive and innovative, each participant sometimes providing background support and sometimes flying free.

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are built up as positive experiences.