I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come." Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out.

A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.

It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.

As always, one of her books was next to her.

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

Denial. It’s the only thing that keeps most of us from losing our sanity.

We have nothing that is really our own

The sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue...

What puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that.

Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.

The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding

The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord.

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.