God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.

You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love.

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.

There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

The flowers were beaten down, their bent-over heads bejeweled with diamond droplets like earring on sad, rich widows

What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.

A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.

Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man.

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

Until you have given up yourself to Him, you will not have a real self.

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.

There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and ruthless.

It's always nice when your work is recognized.

I won't let you be disappointed; I will show you my fighting spirit.

I'm not a painter who's saying, "I want people to see my work when I die; it will be this and that." That's not satisfying to me.

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.