The people he met, the places he passed, were all steps in his journey, and he kept a place inside his heart for each of them.

But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.

If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope.

...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy.

If I just keep putting one foot in front of the other, it stands to reason that I'm going to get there.

It was hard to understand a little and then walk away.

The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.

He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.

Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago.

I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss.

If I am a thief, it's because of private property.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.

Humility is the ultimate standard of greatness in the Kingdom of God.

Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.