It’s amazing how folks can’t see you, ’cause they want to keep you in that past.
It's such a big world, She'd say wistfully. Something is always happening somewhere.
Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you. He
In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right?His voice dropped to a whisper. But the...
In any conversation, I was taught, there are at least three parties: you, the other person, and the Lord.
In any conversation, I was taught, there are at least three parties: you, the other person, and the Lord. I
If earthly mortals were being contacted by souls in heaven, Tess, a Catholic, had been the first.
I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on w...
I split my adolescence between the pulpy smell of books, which was my mother’s passion, and the leathery smell of baseball gloves, which was my father’s.
I see your face in every flower, your eyes in stars above, it’s just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love…
I made such a fool of myself, she lamented.Love does not make you a fool.He didn’t love me back.That does not make you a fool, either.Just tell me … Her voice cracked. When does it stop hurting?Someti...
I made such a fool of myself, she lamented.Love does not make you a fool.He didn’t love me back.That does not make you a fool, either.
I know this sound; silence is part of music. But just because something is silent doesn’t mean you aren’t hearing it.
I know I cannot undo this. None of us can undo what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded.
I have come to teach you that there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind. ... Did you ever wo...
I got to keep my promise. I didn’t leave you behind.
I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life. On the people who are coming to see me. On the stories that I'm going to hear. On you, if it's Tuesda...
I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them acc...
I dropped my eyes, kneading the dying flesh of his feet between my fingers. For a moment, I felt afraid, as if accepting his words would somehow betray my own father. But when I looked up, I saw Morri...
I believe in being fully present.