Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.

There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.

I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.

Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

We will have a happy marriage if it kills him.

We celebrate God when we share in each other’s joy and pain

It is with our voices we remember, with our ears we understand.

Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck.

Please don't kill me!

Its fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.

The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest.

Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.

In books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart.

The history of the United States is a history of settler colonialism.