I can hear Isaac's smile. It softens his words, but they have a different meaning now. Between his mouth and my ears, they pass through everything that has happened since.

This is us at forty-three per cent animosity.

How was your afternoon?"“No one died, so it was a big improvement on my morning.

There is nothing I can do to keep time from wedging more of itself between us.

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

There is no failure here sweetheart, just when you quit.

Your true friends are those who evaluate you by who you are as a person, and not by what you have or don't have.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much

Life is stressful, dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.

Think of it. To go down to posterity as a 'man who lived among the cannibals.'

The time has come for us to envision ourselves as spiritual beings of light and love.

Difference between diversity and inclusion is being invited to a house and being able to rearrange the furniture.

Repetition is the father of learning, I repeat, repetition is the father of learning.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.