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

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.

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.

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

Like rain HOPE trickles little by little at a time so that life may spring up when you're parched.

Only if we understand our past, can we move forward to a brighter future.

She had gone through the veil and returned to Earth. But the veil only opens one way.

We put on our best clothes and die like heroes.

All of the details that most of us memorize in medical school - you don't have to learn those things. They're going to be in your computer.

I am proud and honored to be part of the America Supports You Freedom Walk to honor the victims of 9/11 and to support our men and women in uniform.

People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things.

A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all.

But without humans, the wild would take over. It would only take a hundred years or so for nature to win again.

A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.