Gone was the reflexive need to see the worst in things. Before the tumors took her life, they gave her a few moments of grace.

This sadness wasn't a huge part of me--I wasn't remotely depressed--but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always knew it was there. [p. 179]

It wasn't so much that I was in search of answers. In fact, I was wary of the whole idea of answers. I wanted to climb all the way inside of the questions and see what was there.

Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.

What is important to God is that you remain faithful to Him in your ministry

fear is dangerous but fear is good

...animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people.

It's funny how you wanna leave them but still you give yourself every reason not to...

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

You might be a redneck if your wife wants to stop at the gas station to see if they've got the new Darrell Waltrip Budweiser wall clock.

I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker.

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess

So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like "rock lyrics."