"All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)"

-- Gaston Leroux

“I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.”
“How most consumers collect and interpret health information has changed.”
“There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turnsâ€”small intuitive flashes, when you know you have done something correct for a change, when you think you are on the right track. I watched a pale dawn streak the cliffs with Day-glo and realized this was one of them. It was a moment of pure, uncomplicated confidenceâ€”and lasted about ten seconds.”
“In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnetâ€¦There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. Thatâ€™s a very strict rhythm or meterâ€¦And each line has to end with a rigid pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way, it is not a sonnetâ€¦But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wantsâ€¦Youâ€™re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”
“I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.”
“Artist, be brave! Go and make the most of what you do best!”
“The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you donâ€™t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imaginations.”
“Humor is a bit like Mary Poppins' sugar-it helps the medicine go down. A little bit of humor allows people to think about very difficult subjects.”

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