There was an uncommon array of people in there [rehab] with me, and I became friends with all of them. You recognize the possibility of your own demise in the lives of these other people. You're doing the same thing they are, but you can't see it in yourself. However, you start seeing all of these tragedies and potential miracles in other people. It's a real eye- and heart-opening situation.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.

I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in front of me, it was in every nook and cranny if I wanted to seek it, but I had chosen to ignore it.

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

When I looked into her eyes, I saw an invisible spirit of something that I already loved.

We used to fight to the death but we tried the experiment, rolled the dice and like we got.