We were like wanderers in a desert, blessed with a rare downpour, but unable to store the rain.

But the past is long, and the future is short.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.

The only thing you have to do in this life is die, " said Mrs. Pinsky..."everything else is a choice.

This was the first time I noticed it, the inevitable space between father and man.

He'd grown eager to hand off his things, as if the weight of his possessions kept him tethered to this earth, and by giving them away, he could snip those strings.

When young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape...

Those who do not have will always serve those who do.

Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.

More are men's ends marked than their lives before.The setting sun, the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than things long past.

it was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.

A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation.

If I found myself married with children and had tons of puppies and a fun place to live, I imagine I'd be happier, but I kind of like being a little bit isolated and lonely.

The day you think you know, your death has happened - because now there will be no wonder and no joy and no surprise. Now you will live a dead life.

People shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone.

In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.