“Saying No Is Actually Saying Yes To Other Things”

“Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love... All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them.”

“I think the more we fill our lives with more and more things we have to do, the less and less time we are spending on who we have to be.”

“Doing, in a life of balance, should be driven from who you have decided to be.”

“Decide, first, to simply be.”

“And she says, “Then let’s just take the effing road and get ourselves to Haven.”I smile, a little. “You said effing,” I say. “You actually said the word effing.”

“But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again. ”