I've always found people love you best if you can laugh at your own foolish misfortunes and keep mum about everyone else's

God$$$ why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.

Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past

If you ask me$$$ when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night$$$ you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

I considered her my ally$$$ because$$$ like me$$$ she was imperfect.

Lies are infinite in number$$$ and the truth so small and singular.

A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair$$$ but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill.

Oh$$$ mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind$$$ the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

It's what you do that makes your soul.