I have had a lot of really close friends and family who have been touched by suicide, and I would never want to make light of it.

Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

He sang softly, less with words and more with thought. She cradled his head, stitching together his fragmented heart.

Words come alive from a page or script because both the writer and actor were brave enough to neither deny or invent their truth

hat's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.

Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live.

I feel the way bank robbers must feel before they go out on that last job that ends up getting them all killed. That is to say, optimistic.

You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.

The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of Scottish workers and their families, and the Bible.

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense.

Only when we stop holding others accountable for all of our troubles can we truly be free.