As the child outlives the father,so must the character bury the author.

Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.

Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

With every lecture, you’re forced to look again at every choice you’ve made over the lesson-by-lesson chain of your entire life. And after all these years, you see how little you have to work with, how limited your life and education have been. How scant was your courage and curiosity. Not to mention your expectations.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.