It was strange how loud the world was when you weren't filling it up with your own noise.

I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted them in the past. I wanted to have back just one sunny afternoon together.

This mountain, the arched back of the earth risen before us, it made me feel humble, like a beggar, just lucky to be here at all, even briefly.

Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

He recognizes voices within silence. (of Max Sebald)

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.

George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.

The most important appointment Pope Francis has made is the appointment of the Australian cardinal, George Pell, as the Vatican's financial overseer.

I loved sinking my head into Cary Grant's chest.

[Postpartum] is a raw time when you need your friends and family to swoop in in a very real way.

To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.