Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.

In Lords of Rainbow I start out by taking away color from the world, and in the process show color's vital place in our lives. At least I hope that by the end of the book it's a portion of what the reader comes away with - a sense of how much color perception enriches our lives and how its lack can make our sensory experience incomplete.

The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch the flowing sand, you might see time itself riding the granules.Contrary to popular opinion, time is not an old white-haired man, but a laughing child.And time sings.

I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.

Most of us have nicknames-annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name?It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called.Ever wonder why?Your true name has the secret power to call you.

Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.

For as long as there's anyone to ask 'Why?' the answer will always be, 'Why not?