The purpose of literature is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

Success is not about being the best, it's about being better than yesterday.

"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher."

"A story untold is a life unlived; through narratives, we give meaning to our existence."