“You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.”

“From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.”

“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.”

“excitement is found along the road, not at the end, and likewise, peace is not a fixed point-except perhaps in the unwanted "rest in peace" sense. PEACE is the breathing space between destinations, between excitements, an occasional part of the journey, if you're lucky. PEACE is a space you move through very rarely, and very briefly-but your not allowed to stay there.you have to keep moving, and go do what you do.because you can...”

“A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.”

“Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.”

“books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for you. more personal, more intimate-unlike movies, say, the world you experience while reading a book has been lived and envisioned entirely from the INSIDE, and its contours are yours alone.”