There is a famine in America. Not a famine of food, but of love, of truth, of life.

Remember, whoever is funny is king.

A patient man gets all that he waits for.

Unhappy times are the best for levity. You don't light candles in the middle of the day, do you?

I was so sure and I didn’t want to admit I got it that wrong. And when you’re that sure and end up getting it that wrong, you lose faith in yourself, your ability to make the right decisions about your life.

If I could start over today, I would choose literature again. If the answers exist in the world or in the universe, I still think that's where we're going to find them.

Know who you are, feed the flower.

...everywhere I am is true.

The journey is about coming home....There is always the return. And the wound will take you there. It is a blood-trail." (p. 220,222)

Time heals the wounds of the past, Apology, forgiveness, and acceptancedoes lighten the scars.