Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.
Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron.
Most times we’re so focused on what we think we want that we can’t appreciate how happy we already are. It’s only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it.
Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God.
Responsibility cannot be assigned; it can only be accepted. If someone tries to give you responsibility, only you can decide if you are responsible or if you aren’t.
We divide the roles of mystic, doctor, therapist, artist, herbalist, naturalist, and storyteller into separate, often inimical professions. In most other societies, there was one word, one job assignment, for somebody who was all these things at once.
To be honest, your crap fascinates me. Having you here is like visiting a foreign land.
You talked to us about what kind of fifth-graders we wanted to be this year. How it was all in our choices, every minute of our days. How even grownups like you had to think about it sometimes, to be the person they wanted to be.
I was alone in this discovery because it was my secret, my private exploration.
I was caged by him like a bird with clipped wings. I could flutter but I couldn’t escape though I’m not certain I’d want to even if I could.
Without planning, we are individuals with haphazard connections and effectiveness. We are a team when we plan and work in harmony.
The government,” he told me one night, “is there to act as a safety net, not a candy machine.
STORY” is more than half of the word “HISTORY”. And that’s no accident.
A critter reveals his true self at midnight.
Type A Ellie liked to know the rules, like knowing what to expect. Flying blind made her nervous. He prepared to make her all kinds of nervous.
Not everything worth learning is summarized in book. Sometimes you’ve got to rely on instincts.
These spider webs are my home now.
We all have to practice, and we have to practice with all of our might for the rest of our lives.
You can hold on to the smallest doubt and take comfort in it, stay in denial and go on with your carefree life, until one day you’re finally cornered by a truth that can no longer be ignored.