By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.
Euphemisms are for the differently brained.
Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me. . . only he's an imbecile.
Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy. Neither can ever be created or destroyed. But one can be converted into the other.
When writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence. . . in love, never settle. . . value yourself first and this will help you to value others. . . life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest. . . everyone in the world is different, and that's ok.
Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I got caught along with the photographer I was working with, the same one I worked with on the Afghanistan book, Seamus Murphy. We were caught in an attack by a mob after Friday prayers. And the level of violence was so extreme. It was more violent than any other mob violence I have ever seen.
I hate false advertising, like 'Skittles: taste the rainbow. ' No one's ever been like, 'Rainbow, right you guys?' Or what's Reese's? 'There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's. ' Oh, really? Tell that to my uncle who used to put them in my underwear. Alright, maybe your uncles didn't love you.
Let me tell you now a man of my position can afford to look ridiculous at any time.
Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.