“Mastership hath many shifts whereby it striveth to keep itself alive in the world.”

“He who hath many friends hath none.”

“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.”

“The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.”

“Little solace comes
to those who grieve
when thoughts keep drifting
as walls keep shifting
and this great blue world of ours
seems a house of leaves

moments before the wind.”

“O thou child of many prayers!
Life hath quicksands; life hath snares!”

“It was strange how your world could shift on its axis and everything you trusted could invert itself in what seemed like no time at all.”

“I'm aware that if you keep shifting there are going to be people who really respect you for it and just as many who go: 'There's no stability with that dude. I'm going to buy Nickelback's new album.”

“Music keeps me alive.”

“Many, if not most, good ideas die young — mainly from neglect on the part of the parents, but sometimes from over-fondness. Once well started, an opinion had better be left to shift for itself.”