"You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own."
"Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential."
"Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more."
"One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special,"she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty."