“Have a lived life instead of a career. Put yourself in the safekeeping of good taste. Lived freedom will compensate you for a few losses. . . . If you don’t like the style of others, cultivate your own. Get to know the tricks of reproduction, be a self-publisher even in conversation, and then the joy of working can fill your days.” George Konrád-

“Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.”
Rose Wilder Lane-

"In the garage I feel safe No one cares about my ways In the garage Where I belong No one hears me sing this song In the garage"
Rivers Cuomo-

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”
Robert M. Pirsig-