My mother cooked her last Christmas standing rib roast in 1987 and died a few weeks afterward.

To find love is the great human undertaking...and it's always complicated by our compulsions and unconscious patterns, to say nothing of issues of trust and control.

I didn't want to feel such love for someone else. I still wanted to be the object of that tidal wave.

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.

Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.

To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.

The mark of the true church is an expanding witness to the presence of God.

Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category. So sue me.

A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude

I don't see myself as Johnny Football.

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.

Meditation is the one thing I do every day - meditate, pray. I do reading in the morning and try to center myself. I play music every day because that is very centering.

I can't go back because I lost all my Soul Reaper powers! - Rukia You lost your powers? What are they, socks? - Ichigo