Caring doesn't sometimes lead to misery. It always does.

Gratitude is the proper response for the absolute astonishment of getting to be alive, and aware, and an essential part of this crazy, sprawling story.

Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.

The times that were most fun seemed always to be followed by sadness now, because it was when life started to feel like it did when she was with us that we realized how utterly gone she was.

Even then, it hurt. The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt. It always felt like I was waking up from the pain when something in the world outside of me suddenly required my comment or attention.

Coal miners don't get coal miners' block.

Doing stuff never feels as good as you hope it will feel.