We'd been so sure of ourselves, but now we were lost.

Life was like that- there would always be something scratching at the door. And whatever was scratching would just scratch and scratch until you opened the door.

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to rank the people in your life. That's not how the heart worked. The heart didn't make lists.

Grief was a terrible and beautiful thing.

And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?

The thing about tears is that they can be as quiet as a cloud floating across the desert sky.

Don’t wait for a vacation to enjoy life. Start to enjoy it now, today, wherever you are.

The gift of knowledge is empowering, but the gift of wisdom is life-changing.

There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

Dreams can be dangerous things.

They were wearing smelly blankets, they looked like Donovan fans.

In a true tragedy, both parties must be right.

We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.

If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.

As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day.