We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

There are no words precise enough to describe how wide and empty the world is when you lose someone that matters to you as much as Penny did to me.

[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.

I’ve never been one to go to church, but I’ve al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.

I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore.

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.

The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned.

It takes many years to lay the solid foundation for final success.

The satisfaction? The joy? That comes from solving problems and making things.

Actually, I didn't start sweating until I had children.

A sound mind in a manly body.

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.

The essential fact of Christianity is that God thought all men worth the sacrifice of his son.