"So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. And our dreams escape us almost as vividly as we can imagine them”¦ That’s what happens, like it or not." -John Irving

Only daughter You got your ticket too soon Holy water 'Cause everybody's getting ruined They are waiting to see what you do Too long, waiting Everybody's cleared the room And they'll dress you up Stand you in all the right places Words like honey They smile as they change your faces With no regard to you at all And you find they treat you like a paper doll And they'll dress you up for the flight Like Ophelia, you wave goodnight With the earth and sky you cheer and sigh Writhe as all your days go by And laugh as you die Sweet softer shoulder, oh sweet sugar safe Sweet softer shoulder, oh sweet sugar safe Everybody's got their own philosophy And I can't wait 'til I Find one coming to me Oh, the bridge is narrow You better not look down 'Cause as soon as you jump over You won't find nobody around Oh, the bridge is narrow And you've got so far to fall And you know down in dirty water's No place for a paper doll –Rachael Yamagata, "Paper Doll"

…but music is a very close second!

remember, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom wisdom is not truth truth is not beauty beauty is not love love is not music music is the best -frank zappa

"Move within, but not the way that fear makes you move... Keep walking though there's no place to get to, Don't try to see through the distances - that's not for human beings to know.." "Commit yourself to a daily practice, your loyalty to that is a ring on the door. Keep knocking and eventually the joy that lives inside will look out to see who's there!" –Rumi