I wanted to cry but I didn't, I probably should have cried, I should have drowned us there in the room ending our suffering.

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.

So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!

The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.

Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.

He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

Wisdom is obtained by the revere of God.

I know where I’ve come from. I know why I’m here. I know where I’m going—and I have peace in my heart. His peace floods my heart and overwhelms my soul!

Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart.

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others.

The present is the symbol and vehicle of the future.

I speak Spanish because I grew up overseas in Spain, Uruguay and Argentina.

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5)

The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.

Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly.