...the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

This book is about a salvation that takes place within our unknowing and dissatisfaction,

First of all a person has to get victory over himself.

Peace is a gift that is embodied through the Holy Spirit through the acceptance of Christ.

If football was a drug, I would have died from overdose.

If you're going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death.

Life is too short to waste time on things that have no lasting significance.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

My own growth comes not (just) individually, but mainly as part of a greater change for the better.

I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks clear.