...It is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

everything happens for a reason.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

What a schmuck!

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

So much of control is not authoritative action but mindful waiting.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

He was leaving my stepmother for a sailboat. Not that I blamed him. A sailboat would at least be useful.

The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.

I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms.

I am self taught. My dad threw me in with a drum set at the age of four and I figured it out!

Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad.

Not all time in life is equal. How many opportunities do you get to talk about what your life is going to add up to with people thinking about the same question?

Jealousy is one of love's parasites.

The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.