Ageing is a process of exchanging hope for insight
All I ask of in the world is just one day after another with nothing planned.
Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.
Ole Golly: You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.
I think that’s whats wrong with the world. No one says what they feel, they always hold it inside. They’re sad, but they don’t cry. They’re happy, but they don’t dance or sing. They’re angry, but they don’t scream. Because if they do, they feel ashamed. And that’s the worst feeling in the world. So everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is.
I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.
Gone is gone. I never miss anything or anyone because it all becomes a lovely memory. I guard my memories and love them, but I don't get in them and lie down.
Every source of blessing is a point of attack.
Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.
Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.