but I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely.

Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.

I thought, I can't do advertising any more, so I was downloading all these PDF applications from community colleges. And I thought, I'll become a paramedic. I'll get a two-year associate degree, if I can get in.

Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life.

Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar. You are made of the same stuff as table sugar. Just a couple of tiny differences here and there and look what happened to the sugar: it can stand upright and send tweets.

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors.

I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.