The only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon.

Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.

The tears that heal are also the tears that scald and scourge.

It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.

Paul LePage has become a terrible embarrassment to the state I live in and love. If he won't govern, he should resign.

Legends grow beards, and twenty-three years is plenty of time to grow a long one.