Mirrors that hide nothing hurt me. But this is the hurt of purging and precious renewal - and these are the mirrors of dangerous grace.

So go back to the books. They will comfort you and cheer you. If you earnestly work with them, neither sorrow nor anxiety nor distress nor suffering need trouble your mind any more, no, not evermore.

Sorrow spoken lends a little courage to the speaker.

In your attempts to heal this beloved one, the Holy Spirit finds opportunity to keep the promise of Jesus - and indeed, to heal.

A transference of memory was occurring as she, the vessel, the source, wrung every small, muffled detail into me, the depository. And once it began, it was difficult to interrupt or stop

Change what you can, darlin'. That's my best advice.

I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father.

The best content is the means, not the end.

I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did!

When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.