“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”

“I feel it respectful to observe and practice new customs, if I am to ever understand what it truly means to be human.”

“I never want to be a passive observer of life's possibilities.”

“It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip. As I walked beside the silent Tamara, I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.”

“Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.”

“I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not the pieces. I have learned to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present because that is where I am destined to live.”