We are generally not programmed to imagine death, to handle death, to absorb grief, at least not in the immediacy of things, definitely not when the ‘thing’ has happened to another person.

Twilight ...Say, who you are !!The dusk before the nightOr the dawn before the light(Page 73)

Twilight …Not just a metaphorThe metaphor of the ‘spirit’The confluence of life and deathThe celestial dance of existential and essential(Page 75)

Bereavement, despair, ache, yearning happen to all. We all bear the pain of grief. We all take them in our own ways. And we are all blessed with the grace to transcend. (Page xii)

Lament invoked love.Woe invoked wonder.Grief invoked grace.Cry invoked celebration.(Page 80)

The Source …Who are YouWhere lay your pathWhy be on your journey...The Source …Your marvel amazesYour mystique invokesYour magnificence entrances(Page 88)

ParentNothing … No One Prepares a parent to raise the childNothing … No One Can ever prepare a parent to bear the loss of child

I came to understand the most intriguing irony of life, that the most intimate partner of life is death. (Page 94)

Death It does not happen to the dead aloneThose left behind, die tooIn parts that would never heal and come back to life(Page 14)

At no moment in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning.

Are you a Christian? she said.I answered:I am a Christian, I am a Jew, I am a Catholic, I am Muslim.I am each and everyone of you, look into the mirror and you will see me, as i see you..

We don't like mystery. You like mystery, 'cause it's not a mystery to you; you know when you're gonna get laid.

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

I realize that I'm pretty flawed, but you know - I haven't killed anybody yet.

Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.

I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.

We entertain ourselves with worry when we don't know what to trust. When you trust in what remains beyond temporary form, you are trusting in all that you are, as all that is.

I feel that anyone can become an IM (International Master) in two years, but he must study hard and play a great deal in order to achieve this goal.

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.