Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.

Have you ever watched a leaf leave a tree? It falls upward first, and then it drifts toward the ground, just as I find myself drifting towards you.

Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors.

Beauty is the worst kind of lie.

The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands.

His client needs him, he says. Needs him? But isn’t he needed at home?

That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types, ” I said. “You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down your esophagus.

A guy like myself wants to make a play and be the difference, but the thing is I have to keep saying to myself to just do what I can.

With this sunrise somehow I felt I was exactly where I was supposed to be... Have faith, the light seemed to announce.

I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more.

We must . . . guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions.

We all need grace in the face of each other.

Relax, let go. But remember only one thing: You are a witness.

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.