What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have been raised with the traditions of different religions, but they do not go to church or temple. My feeling is that everyone should be able to believe what they want or need to believe.

There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it.

Campbell" Julia says "Don't do this to me" "Do what?" "Push me off the same cliff twice

Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.

Her mouth is always on the verge of a smile. It makes her look like there's always something amazing she needs to tell me, even when it's just hello.