Good looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

...you spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Rules change along the way. The first things to go are those things you thought were eternal.

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

You can have information or you can have a life, but you can't have both.

Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable.

Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal.

The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.