“When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.”

Friendship is such a powerful healer and source of support.

I was ahead in the slalom. But in the second run, everyone fell on a dangerous spot. I was beaten by a woman that got up faster than I did. I learned that people fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster.

I spent a good portion of my life being unable to honor my feelings. When I started the process of having real friendships it was a huge change. I still struggle with it because it is not familiar ground.

I was sexually abused by my step father for years and years, and that caused scars you can’t see. And we know many people have the kind of scars you can’t see.

The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.

My fear falls quiet with the way he speaks of me in his sleep.

Your heart tells you big things in little ways.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.

Believe me when I say that I will find endless ways to make sure you know what a prize you are.

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.

The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.