“Achieving repute and notoriety is at first like the seemingly hopeless effort of pushing a large snowball up a hill, but eventually you will push it over the apex and watch it grow rapidly as it rolls effortlessly away.”
“Whatever helps you not to use. (If pushing a peanut up a hill with your nose keeps you sober, well, then, just push a peanut up a hill with your nose.)”
“When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath.”
“Secrets are like flowers buried under snow. Eventually they rise up and push through into the light.”
“Judgments are like a snowball. They stick to you. As time rolls along, the snowball becomes a boulder and then an avalanche.”
“Push hard and expect rapid results.”