Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

In a sense, Out of Oz is an examination of how individuals keep going, keep reinventing themselves and their lives, even after life-altering complications have afflicted them.

That's what misbehavior is all about, just a little extra loving being asked for.

My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform, and I more or less lost my taste for ice cream permanently.

It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.