I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.

Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.

I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.

Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

Creating the abundant life is achieved first by vision not sight.

If this is going to be my last day on earth, I do not want it to be socially awkward.

One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters.

Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day.

Sometimes it was really hard maintaining composure. People were just goofy.

Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake. Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.