It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?

You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions and interests.

I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

Life is a tightrope walk. One has to balance the do's and don'ts.

The human carries the formation of the whole universe in him. The time, he begins to realize his own identity, slowly the nature of the universe is revealed to him.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?

When leaders put control into the hands of their people, at all levels, they unlock incalculable potential.

Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed animals and where they're being mistreated.

O Beloved, where is the Beloved?

Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.

The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself.