“Achievement is achievement no matter how small it is.”

“Rejection is a challenge.”

“Isn't it amazing how we always have to put our mark on things? And how, from the natural world, we find evidence over and over again that reminds us, not so much of the birds, but of our own stories and our own kinds of art?”

“...no matter how beneficial a disappearing act might be for me, I could never tear myself away from a show in progress. Even when the plot's tragic ending is apparent to the entire audience. Perhaps there's a deus ex machina that will lower from the ceiling and turn the whole debacle into a romantic comedy. never can tell. Paid the full ticket price, might as well stay.”

“I've come to realize thatone of the perks of a free society is the inalienable right to debase ourselves in a wide variety of ways...”

“with all our technology, with all the things that make our lives easier, there's a price to be paid.”

“we need to realize that we begin to poison our bodies right from birth, and for some, even from the time of conception.”