“...weddings are giant Rorschach tests onto which everyone around you projects their fears, fantasies, and expectations -- many of which they've been cultivating since the day you were born.”
“Names were important. You carried your name like a brand. You never lied about it, for fear of angering the god under which you were born.”
“When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.”
“These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.”
“I've been the oldest child since before you were born”
“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”