We are not taught "love thy neighbor unless their skin is a different color from yours " or "love thy neighbor unless they don't make money as you do" or "love thy neighbor unless they don't share your belies." We are taught "love thy neighbor". No exceptions. We are all in this together - every single one of us. And the only way we are going to survive as a society is through compassion. A Great Community does not mean we all think the same things or do the same things. It simply means we are willing to work together and are willing to love despite our differences.

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

Maybe your history just repeats and repeats until it batters you enough to snap the seams that hold you together

People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But I do believe their sentences start to look alike.

You are happy even if you are afraid to admit it.

What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing

breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.