Now she saw that marriage was like being in a three-legged race with the same person for the rest of your life. Your hopes, your happiness, your luck, your moods, all yoked to his.

Someone could save your life without you ever knowing it. It happened more than most people realized.

The moment a woman was born determined so much of who she was allowed to become.

She had learned over time that to know anything was bearable. It was secrecy that could not be borne.

It was amazing that you did not become your grief entirely, and walk about leaking it everywhere.

One of life's contradictions: how human beings were at once entirely resilient and impossibly fragile. One decision could stay with you forever, and yet you could live through almost anything.

Music is a safe kind of high

The pain on the inside is what keeps you human, ' she said. 'Never forget that.

A moment of kindness can bring infinite beauty in life.

The real home of man is not his house but the road. Life itself is a travel that has to be done by foot.

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.

The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.

Remember to be calm in adversity.

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and a mystery to everyone else.

I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.