Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

The hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind.

In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.

You can accept reality, or you can persist in your purpose until reality accepts you.

O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.

Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the metaphor.