The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned.

There are no words precise enough to describe how wide and empty the world is when you lose someone that matters to you as much as Penny did to me.

[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.

I’ve never been one to go to church, but I’ve al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.

I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore.

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.

Your love for beauty has been perverted, repressed and savaged by hateful and controlling elements in the world.

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

The idiot greens the meadow with his eyes, The meadow creeps implacable and still; A dog barks, the hammock swings, he lies. One two three the cows bulge on the hill.

Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

I was injured because everyone around me was observing neutrality and keeping silent. After all, they saw that I wasn't ready to perform that element. But they kept quiet.

Put personal ambition away from you, and then you will find consolation in living or in dying, whatever may happen to you.

[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from Daybreak because of depression.

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.

I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?' 'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.