But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.

Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.

It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die and I wanted her to live and we were enemies who loved each other.

Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.

It’s hard to grieve in a town where everything that happens is God’s will. It’s hard to know what to do with your emptiness when you’re not supposed to have emptiness.

It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them.

But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief.

I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw sense of time out the window.

We are getting older fatter and balder. Each day brings us one step closer to death. Other than that, life's a ding-a-derry.

As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute.

There is an old legend that somewhere in the world every man has his double.

THE EASIEST AND MORE PLEASANT PATH TO SUCCESS IS BY ADDING VALUE TO OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES

It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.

I don’t believe in failure; I believe there are setbacks that are put into our path to teach us something and move us in a different direction.

Fear is an exciting time. It's our soul telling us that we need to change. Change is powerful.

Life is a movie, and you're the star. Give it a happy ending.

... do not spare me in anything -- let there be less and less of me in everything.

If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.