Stay I whisper to him. Stay in the car. Stay in this moment. But of course he never does.

You think you deserve to be sad, " he says. There is a moment of silence as we look at each other. "You think it is okay for you to be sad every day. But it's not okay. And you do not deserve it.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

It is the hour of departure, the hard cold hour which the night fastens to all timetables.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling in all matters of personal choice.

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.

Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease.

ٰ"The Most difficult thing but an essential one – is to love Life, to love it even while one suffers, because Life is all, Life is God, and to love Life means to love God.

The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.

You cannot not communicate.

And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.