“How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.”
“Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.”
“Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often fill the gap.”
“More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.”
“Unhappy endings might seem more realistic than happy ones, but reality often contained a streak of fantasy that realism lacked.”
“People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature.”