“the happiest among us will be most altruistic, most distinct, most benevolent and most awkward to some of us in a way.”
“The days on which one has been the most inquisitive are among the days on which one has been happiest.”
“Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of.”
“It seems we struggle for a lifetime to become whole. Few of us ever do ... Most of us end up going out the same way we came in -- kicking and screaming. Most of us don't have the strength -- or the conviction. Most of us don't want to face our fears.”
“In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on.”
“The things that are most precious to us are sometimes the most secret.”