Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.

The favorite game of temperamental people is Try to Guess Why I’m Ticked Off. (Contestant number one, Why do YOU think he’s pissed off? Why, I’m not sure, Bob, but I’m going to go with ‘Because I Left the Faucet Dripping.’ BEEP. I’m sorry, that’s incorrect. The correct answer is: ‘Because You Happen to Exist.’)

Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.

It's shocking the things we call love.

Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.