I do still love you. I don't love you enough to be able to give you the things we dreamed about and planned.

Music from my iPod was setting my life to a dramatic soundtrack that only I could hear.

I wondered then if there could ever be trust in a relationship based from the outset upon deceiving other people.

Life has a habit of making the easy desperately difficult, and the hardest choices so easy as to be no choice at all.

You need to decide what works for you. But ultimately, hold out for adoration and respect

One unforeseen advantage of having a  child was that it gave me the excuse to talk to myself to my heart's content and pretend it was for my daughters benefit.

I don’t want to be just another guy—because I am the guy for you.- Jared Hoffman

We're [as parents] striving for an unattainable, inauthentic shell, and ignoring the real nut, the gooey inside: love, laughter, and fulfillment from simple things.

If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.

There is no weather in malls.

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.

Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.

Black musicians were either trying to be American or trying to play down their Caribbean roots.

If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.

When I read passages like this, I want to look for the nearest wall to bang my head against.