What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be.

What happens if I do nothing?

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define it before you achieve it.

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.

You spend the first two-thirds of your life asking to be left alone and the last third not having to ask.