If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good.

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.