Lost in my thoughts

“I’m sorry you thought this couldn’t work, because I’ve never wanted anything more in my life than to prove that it could.”

“I was looking to the sky tonight hoping to find you in any of the stars out there.”

“I want you here with me ‘Cause you’re so far away I need you closer so I can love you Love you in every way.”

“You’re my favorite person in the entire universe.”

“Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.”

“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.”

“There’s a secret to loss, but I don’t know it. It hums like a distant radiator, all sound & no heat.”