"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile."
"Silence can be more powerful than words."
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
The measure of our success isn't in quarterly profits, but in the health of fish stocks decades from now.