That's right, I am a book kisser.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

We foster personal meaning out of life by exulting in all of nature, exhibiting a reverence for people, animals, plants, and by expressing compassion and sympathy for the entire community of life.

...Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.

If it's on Facebook, it all looks the same.

During the strict macrobiotic chapter of my life, I ate miso soup every day for breakfast and sometimes with dinner as well.

People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.

Love is about letting go of the fears that stand in front of our hearts.

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.