Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.

To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.

Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.

You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.

No one dies of nausea, but it can seriously sap the will to live.