It's a great time to be alive.

Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business.

... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.

Sometimes grace is a ribbon of mountain air that gets in through the cracks.

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

All freedom comes from discipline.