Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Nature has endowed us with some measure of insanity to cope with the realities of daily life

If I had two breaths left inme, one first one I would use to tell you I miss you, and the second that I love you.

I was a fool, alone, preparing to do what every fool did at such times—I was going to a bar to drink myself smart.

We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)

Love leaves a memory nobody can take away from you.

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith.

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.

Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.