There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better.

Humanity is always looking for the next great world, the next frontier. I wonder how different this world would be if we were content with where we were.

It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.

The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.

There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better.

Can you ever forgive me? I already have. How could you? I don't deserve it. That's what makes it love.