Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

Expectations are resentments under construction.

I think we're all pretty crazy on this bus. I'm not sure I know anyone who's got all the dots on his or her dice.

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

Good writing is about telling the truth.

You were loved because God loves, period. God loved you, and everyone, not because you believed in certain things, but because you were a mess, and lonely, and His or Her child. God loved you no matter how crazy you felt on the inside, no matter what a fake you were; always, even in your current condition, even before coffee. God loves you crazily, like I love you...like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.