Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels differentwhen they’re gone.

The dead weren’t scary. It was the living you had to watch out for.

God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

My heart is filled with deep gratitude to the Almighty Lord.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

If a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough.

In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

Some things go too deep for words.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy.

Keep your mouth closed, and let your eyes listen.

You cannot undo the past; you can only learn to live with it, find some way of making peace with it, and move on.