“You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, they just call it a relationship!”

“Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.”

“They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island.”

“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”