The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead.

Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.

It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.

We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience.

You desire the end but close your eyes to the means. You want the garden to be beautiful, provided that the smell of manure is kept well away from your fastidious nose.

Patience is a virtue and the best things in life are worth waiting for.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.

Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.

They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet.

War is a profane thing.

A stage space has two rules: (1) Anything can happen and (2) Something must happen.

I think Ian likes you too much

I have always liked knives. Then somebody gave me one. Then somebody gave me another one. Then I liked having them and started buying them. I started finding ones I liked, ones with funky blades.

You have to control things, especially with the social media, because once it's out there, it's out there. And that becomes the fact.

"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic of all really great men and women is an unwavering faith.