The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd read more

The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have read more

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have fought and lost
That never to have fought at all!

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain read more

Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain alive. To take the widow
Exasperates, makes mad her sister Goneril;
And hardly shall I carry out my side,
Her husband being alive.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in read more

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to read more

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. -Joan Baez.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.