Some say that love is the sweetest feeling, the purest form of joy, but that isn't right. It's not love--it's relief.

How much sweeter life would be if it all happened in reverse, if, after decades of disappointments, you finally arrived at an age when you had conceded nothing, when everything was possible.

I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.

Fear is ... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.

Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?

But the past is long, and the future is short.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.

My goal was just to tell the unlikely story in a way that would feel as convincing as possible.

We need to revitalize the American spirit. People are always asking ‘What would the founding fathers do, ’ but I have yet to witness a single séance.

Our souls speak a language that is beyond human understanding. A connection so rare the universe won't let us part.

KEY OF LIFEThe key of lifeSymbolizes the mapOf existence.Once you free yourselfFrom all resistance, Your path will become white -For the remainder of the distance.Poetry by Suzy Kassem

Stars were golden unicorns neighing unheard through blue meadows.

You are all you will ever have for certain.

Do you suppose the human race invented boredom to make the prospect of death more palatable?

Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.

I work for three or four hours a day, in the late morning and early afternoon. Then I go out for a walk and come back in time for a large gin and tonic.

It could be said that just about anyone we encounter is our neighbor, but it especially applies to those we would be least likely to love.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.