I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . .

Life's metaphors are God's instructions.

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the stranger!

Traveling is the great true love of my life... I am loyal and constant in my love of travel. I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby - I just don't care what it puts me through. Because I adore it. Because it's mine. Because it looks exactly like me.