I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout the course of my life I will forgive myself.
He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.
Had I known anything about the elegance of quitting at the right time, I would have made so many people, starting with myself and Dennis, so much happier.
Bad habits were all a matter of perspective, and as long as the present was viewed through the lens of the past, anyone would say he was doing a spectacular job.
The curaçao and the Vandermint sat
People need to talk, and often a willingness to sit and listen is the greatest kindness one person can offer to another.
Isn’t often the past picks up the phone and calls, affording the opportunity to reconsider personal history in a way that could have saved countless thousands of dollars in therapy had I been inclined...
You wouldn’t believe all the nice people I’ve met at chemotherapy, she
What would it mean to kiss the lips that had held such a sound?
Time passed and I had a harder and harder time remembering why Karl wasn’t my type, or remembering what my type had been. It was as if we were growing into one another. He was smart and kind. My famil...
There was no explanation for how the school, which was the major source of misery in their lives, could have been transformed into the most compelling place on earth simply by virtue of its being Satu...
The three stages of life: youth, middle age, and ‘You’re looking good, Mr. Keating.
The host country was mad for soap operas, and yet the President’s unwavering devotion to his television set was so potentially embarrassing his cabinet would have gladly traded it in for an indiscreet...
Teresa kept sitting
Sleep was a country for which he could not obtain a visa.
She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room.
She caught herself then. Such babble! Teresa was shocked by the roaming idleness of her mind, as if she were sifting through trash on the side of the freeway and was stopped, enchanted, by every foil...
People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappoint them, or if they do, the owners manage to forget about...
Marina Singh: You went to Radcliffe.Annick Swenson: I didn't love it.
Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice.