"We like the idea of childhood but are not always crazy about the kids we know. We like it, that is, when we are imagining our ownchildhoods. So part of our apparent appreciation of youth is simply envy."

“I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.”

“Many kinds of fruit grow upon the tree of life, but none so sweet as friendship; as with the orange tree its blossoms and fruit appear at the same time, full of refreshment for sense and for soul.”

“We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.”

“A great gift is an answer waiting for a question.”

“God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.”

“The blues and gospel stuff seemed to go together.”

“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.”

Source : Roderick Thorp (2014). “Rainbow Drive”, p.68, Open Road Media

“When we think of our work as a gift, it radically changes what we create.”