Tragedy Is One Of The Larger Prices

If There Is An Abiding Theme In 'the Pursuit Of Happiness,' It Is The Idea That You Come Into The World Already Shaped By Other People's Past Histories.

But What We Can Never Do Is Change The Story That Has Made Us What We Are. It's A Story Completely Dictated By The Accumulation Of Life's Manifold Complexities—its Capacity For Astonishment And Horror, For Sanguinity And Hopelessness, For Pellucid Light And The Most Profound Darkness. We Are What Has Happened To Us.

Tragedy Is One Of The Larger Prices We Pay For Being Alive. No One Ever Sidesteps Tragedy. It Is Always There, Shadowing Us.

The Only Time You Truly Become An Adult Is When You Finally Forgive Your Parents For Being Just As Flawed As Everyone Else.

There Is Much To Be Said For Solitude.