If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

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.

There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.

There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of something much bigger

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.