Sleeping in Eden is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking conclusion.

We're always one breath away from something, living or dying, sometimes it just can't be helped.

Every five-year-old kid should have a pair of happy pajamas. (217)

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't.

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.

We're always on breath away from something--living or dying--, sometimes it just can't be helped.

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't

What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip?

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.

Deny my individuality and I become an animal, mute, a mere creature of all the forces that act upon me.

A man's drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.

Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong.

You must understand the feeling of originating as opposed to imitating.