I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

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.

You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.