Nothing hurts if you don't let it.

It was our favorite part of the day, this in-between time, and it always seemed to last longer than it should--a magic and lavender space unpinned from the hours around it, between worlds.

My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.

Sometimes I wish we could rub out all of our mistakes and start fresh, from the beginning,' I said. 'And sometimes I think there isn't anything to us but our mistakes.

Maybe happiness was an hourglass already running out, the grains tipping, sifting past each other. Maybe it was a state of mind.

If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied.

I miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a sap.

Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.

Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was only twenty eight.

She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her she was beautiful or worthwhile.

A good religious is the one who fights against the religion for the sake of religion.

Love is not the opposite of power. Love IS power. Love is the strongest power there is.

The notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind.

Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.

The two most important words I ever wrote were on that first Wal-Mart sign, ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’. They're still up there, and they have made all the difference.

I don't think we are the only planet that has life.

Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.