By concentrating on what I was grateful for, I was able to stave off despair.

It was a lesson the world had already taught me and was teaching me still. You don't know what's possible until you actually see it.

What was reckless, I decided, was the way people were writing off huge swaths of the world as unsafe, unstable, unfriendly, when all they needed to do was go and see for themselves

Something happens when you are alone most of the time, when there are no distractions. Your mind grows more powerful--muscular, even. It takes over and starts to carry you.

maybe someday, you will look back and smile because it was all worth it

There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.

Cast all the problems and troubles that people come to you with onto Him, and you can relax and stay healthy

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.

When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing, photography, and real spaces. There are all kinds of acts of love.

Don't let people with no life ruin yours.

Unfortunately, beer was only a short-term answer. And head transplants had yet to be approved by the FDA.

I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.