Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.