People weren't firecrackers who burst into the night sky with brilliance and glory, and a moment later faded away to nothing. Our souls had to be more lasting than that.

The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.

"Women," he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns.

Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

Very often the lessons you learn are more important than the things you accomplish

Goose neck is a delicacy. You have to at least try it. In fancy restaurants people pay up to fifty dollars a plate for this stuff.' And at our house we were force-fed it for free. Just another irony of life.