Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

If honesty is the key to intimacy, it means we don't have to be perfect and we don't have to pretend to be perfect.

She knows who she is. She just forgot for a little while.

I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.

When a relationship is right, it is no more possible to wake up and want out of the marriage than it is to wake up and stop believing in God. What is, is what is.

As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.