Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is wha… - Garrison Keillor

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to figure out the future

The teacher was asking her students what their parents did for a living, and Timmy stood up and said, “My daddy’s a doctor and my mommy’s a doctor too.” And little Sarah stood up and said, “My mommy’s an engineer and my daddy’s an accountant.” And then little Billy stands up and says, “My mommy’s a writer and my daddy plays the piano in a whorehouse.” The teacher was horrified and later she called Billy’s father, and said, “Why would you ever tell your child a thing like that?” And the father said, “Well, actually I’m a defense lawyer. But how do you explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?