And you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...
You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We build this place with the sand of memories;...
Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food.
She wants to have hiked; I want to have had dessert.
Rumi: Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.
In early sobriety I heard that if you have an idea after ten p.m., it is probably not a good idea—and this was before e-mail.
If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death.
I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects.
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.
Think of a fine painter attempting to capture an inner vision beginning with one corner of the canvas painting what he thinks should be there not quite pulling it off covering it over with white p...
Resentments make even the best of us feel superior.
I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.
… good dialogue encompasses both what is said and what is not said.
They got to be so conceited because they were Catholics.
We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.
We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.
This kind of beauty softens you and expands you, which is good, but of course it makes you vulnerable to all sorts of horrible things, like, oh, feelings. And being in your body.
There's freedom in hitting bottom
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly the dark side is rising. Things could not have been more odd and frightening in the Mid...