“I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.”

“you dont put demands on people and you never say anything negative--ever. So many people suck the life out of everyone theyre around, but you dont do that. You give people strength just by being you.”

“Silence has always been my default modemy best defense against the rest of the world.”

“Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical.""Tha...”

“We really don't get to understand /why/ most of the time. It's true.”

“Remember it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.”

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”

“I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen' 'You make it sound so simple.''It is simple,...”

“Does the work get easier once you know what you are doing?""Your lungs grow thick with stone dust and your eyes bleary from the sun and fragments thrown up by the chisel. You pour your lifeblood ou...”