Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return.

A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.

No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that when you get in bed that night, you have a good hour. I feel like you pay all day for that hour. That's what books mean to me. I can open this two-dimensional , flat white page with squiggly little black marks on them, and someone has created this world that you're going to enter into.

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

Write as if your parents are dead.