“There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something; Gifted people ARE that something.”

“The talent is not the gift but the courage to do something with it.”

“Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe that most people have some degree of talent for something--forms, colors, words, sounds. Talent lies around in us like kindling waiting for a match, but some people, just as gifted as others, are less lucky. Fate never drops a match on them. The times are wrong, or their health is poor, or their energy low, or their obligations too many. Something.”

“Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.”

“Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.”

“Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.”