No matter what you do in life, a part of you still sits at a curbside, still hearing the drumbeat of a distant parade, still waiting for it to turn the corner.

There is a lesson we learn early and harmlessly, or late and traumatically - that there are things we can break that our parents can't fix.

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage.

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart.

The last I heard from my destiny, it wanted me to make a legal U-Turn at my next opportunity.

Once an absurdity is accepted as truth, it will seem truer the more absurd it is shown to be.