New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

My life is not just about the past.

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him.

When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.

I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly understood something that had puzzled you. It made you think it just might be possible to get a handle on this old world after all.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.