I can give or take elephants; I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white.

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.

Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.