pain can work form the outside in.

Black coffee’s a lot like whiskey, you know? All devil and no trimmin’s. Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.

As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.

In the basement, with Ruth, I began to learn that anger, hate, fear and loneliness are all one button awaiting the touch of just a single finger to set them blazing toward destruction.

To her eyes, used to diversity, there was a troubling uniformity about them all, something that spoke of isolation, and a dull and thoughtless cruelty.

So here my check. Overdue and overdrawn. Cash it in hell.

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

Not doing attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) while experiencing the unfolding of karma is religion.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.

It is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back. We need more than a plan for the big banks. The middle class needs a raise. And we need more jobs.

I always thought I was really thick.

When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.

What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

There is a limited number of plots. There is no limit to the number of stories.

We ran like a herd of wild cattle.