I go online all the time, I just don't read about myself. I read a fashion website called Go Fug Yourself. I actually correspond with the Fug Girls and that's great.

[In the aftermath of death] Small talk feels too small, big talk too enormous.

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.

Life is so messy that the temptation to straighten it up is very strong. And the results always illusory.

It often seems, looking back, that the unexpected comes to define us, the paths we didn't see coming and may have wandered down by mistake. The older we get the more willing we are to follow those, to surprise ourselves.

Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and yes, your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world.

In life, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end.