You fell in love with someone because of the tilt of his smile, or because he could make you laugh, or in this case, because he made you believe that you were the only one who could save him.

Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.

It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.

What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other

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 reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition.

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.