This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.

I noticed that once you realize someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself watching them back.

If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.

Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

Such a courageous boy I was. To act brazenly under scrutiny and risk further injury to my wounded heart. Ah, the resilience, the blind, dumb persistence of youth.

If you have the patience to wait and watch, history will reshape truth (weakest of all forces, and weightless) in the image of opinion. What really happened will cease to matter and, eventually, cease to exist.