The TV shouted an old black-and-white film he didn't recognize, wheelchairs facing it like church pews.

Smoke rose straight up from the chimney, as if the house raised its hand. As if the house knew the answer.

It had always been a breathtaking view, the kind that made him inhale and forget to exhale . . .

Either way, the view stabbed its way into his chest, as if it were trying to finish him off before he even landed.

This was the part of the road he knew best, the part his old blue Schwinn had known so well that at one time, the bike might have found its way back home without anyone riding it.

With all her finesse for cleaning, Snag sometimes felt that her biggest contribution to mankind was making a mess of things.

four geological eras had to pass so that human beings would be able to outsing the birds and die for love.

If we could all love each and every person that crosses our path a little bit more, we could attain inner peace with the knowledge that many people on this planet would be hurting a whole lot less.

Seasoned digital daters are like lions who have had their prey killed, butchered, and served to them on a tray in their artificial habitat for so long that they’ve forgotten how to hunt.

God, I swear I’ve never seen a more nervous bunch of people. Like a bunch of rats in a science lab.

In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out what we ought to do.

I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in.

Young people are still looking and older people have found.

We were pleased to hear the President state his firm commitment that he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal.

I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.