And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.

You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?

I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.

Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works

We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on.

Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead.

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

Enjoy the ride of life. It is irreplaceable.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

the one who doesnt play, doesnt win anything, but he actually looses somehting, {playing}

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

You might be a redneck if you have been fired from a construction job because of your appearance.

Exercise is an incredible key to feeling well.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

I'm a calm person who wants to talk about things and think things through.

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.