History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says, "Your Hero's Photo Here," and, "Your Hero's Story Here."

I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

There's nothing in the world like buried treasure-and people hungry and obsessed enough to risk their lives for it. Pirate Hunters isn't just a good story-it's a true one. Searching for the souls of its explorers, it takes you to the far tip of the plank and plunges you deep to the bottom of the ocean.

I understand pain. I've lived with pain my entire life. But pain is nothing compared to betrayal. And betrayal is nothing compared to knowing that the javelin in your back was rammed there by the one person in your life you actually trusted.

There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves.