Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reigns.

I imagined a life that turned out to be pretty much exactly like the one I've had. That fascinates me endlessly. I wake up many mornings, and it almost wouldn't surprise me if I woke up from it and it was all a dream.

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Hope, however, isn't all that's needed to achieve change. Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled out of this deep hole. The second hand was faith.

The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.

Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses.