There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

My work is incredibly important to me personally. It brings me joy and it brings me life and it brings me meaning. It doesn't necessarily have to be important to the people who read it.

So sadness is a place?' Giovanni asked. 'Sometimes people live there for years,'I said.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

we must take care of our families wherever we find them.

For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not usually bring forth their finest qualities.