“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”

“We’ve gotta roll with the punches
Learn to play all of our hunches.
Makin’ the best of whatever comes your way.
Forget that blind ambition
And learn to trust your intuition.
Plowin’ straight ahead come what may.”

“the set pieces
of your faces stir me —
leading citizens —
but not
in the same way.”

“Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

“Be patient. Everything is coming together. Whatever you are waiting for is on its way to you.”

“Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle."”

“I squander untold effort making an arrangement of my thoughts that may have no value whatever.”

“Let me tell something, seeing your name and psychiatric ward on the same piece of paper isn't the best way to start your day.”

“You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and you could come out with your head on a little straighter. I don't why stories worked that way, but they did.”