Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.

The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.

The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.

And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage.'