He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished

In my worst moments, all I had to do was recall the love that I felt emanating from those heavenly lights and I could press on.

Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.

Cover her face

The Law of Inertia states that a body in motion will remain in motion, and a body at rest will remain at rest. In life, nothing will happen when no one will make a move

Before, I suspected I might not amount to anything, and now I now I won't, so at least it takes away the wearisome burden of delusive hope

Grieving is not a race, nor is it a predictable experience - it is as unique as each and every one of us. Therefore by creating your own path you will find your own way through.

Though his death would not fill me with any sense of sadness, I would probably feel the loss. Even enemies are part of one.

We may just be specters in this world, but our stories, if they are remembered and retold, become real and solid and alive... Once you hear a story, it becomes part of you. It can't die.

Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything...away.

I guess some problems were too big to fix and you just hoped they would take care of themselves.

I was drowning, but all I needed to do was breathe.

The gloaming that closed over us the cemetery had crawled inside his skin.

We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.

If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it?

Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.

I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

I'm making plans to go away for a month to focus on my sobriety and to continue my life in recovery. Please enjoy making fun of me on the world wide web.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here.