People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappointment them, or, if they do, the owners manages to forget about it quickly. I want to learn to love people like this, the way I love my dog, with pride and enthusiasm and a complete amnesia for faults. In short, to love others the way my dog loves me.

The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen.

I know where I'm going. And if I don't know where I'm going, I don't tend to get anywhere.

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

Maybe there would be a bad outcome for some of the others, but no one was going to shoot a soprano.

The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.