I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires.