Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.

Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.

Anna, " he said, dragging his frosted fingers through my hair."Don't you know what it means when a boy pulls your hair at your birthday party?" "No." Just, then, i didn't know what anything meant.

It was just over a year ago. Twelve months, nine days and six hours ago, actually. But thirteen months ago everything was...perfect.

Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.

The late-night backyard encounter and kiss induced insomnia.

It's rally bad when dads cry.

I accept the hard reality that I maybe might possibly be just the slightest tiniest littlest bit kinda sorta interested in him.

Sometimes I think I'm an alien that accidentally fell off the mother ship, destined to wander among clueless earthling parents for all eternity.

Doubt isn't the opposite of faith

PhD is possible at any age!

We must seek the truth, not revenge.” -Michelle

We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract expressionism - are daily devalued by commercial art.

Liking interesting things doesn't make you interesting.

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

Even when 20 years have passed, bring your kids when you come to cheer us on.

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

I love dogs. I grew up with dogs in my family from the time that I was a little boy; we always had German Shepherds and Labradors. I get on very well with dogs, they trust me.