“Heaven would never be heaven without you.”

“Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.”

“Let this hell be our heaven.”

“If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.”

“Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadnt. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.”

“Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only re-experience with total cognizance, unprotected by pretense...”

“If your work is stressful, it's not your work.”

“When outcomes are uncertain, most of us spend a great deal of energy ruminating, worrying, and second-guessing ourselves. Not only is this a waste of time, but it makes us less likely to succeed”

“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what youre needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”