What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.

Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please.

The most assiduous task of parenting is to divine the difference between boundaries and bondage.

He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.

A sound-bite culture can't discuss science very well. Exactly what we're losing when we reduce biodiversity, the causes and consequences of global warming-these traumas can't be adequately summarized in an evening news wrap-up.

restraint equals indulgence

That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I don’t know how a person could ever describe that scent.