You get to a point in life where things are happening everywhere around you, and your friends are going away and not coming back. Things change.

Life is a whole, and good and ill must be accepted together.

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned how to needlepoint ironic cross-stitches of rap lyrics and gave them to my friends as presents. I'll let you decide which is the more important revelation.

Life is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right.