Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.

Love between strangers takes only a few seconds and can last a whole life.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

I didn’t know who she was, but I had this fire inside me for someone I knew existed.

But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the love you've built up in their absence?

Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land.