How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked. “Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.

Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?

Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect.

"You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.

I’ll give you my strength if I can have your remission.

Hi, I’m at the Speedway at Eighty-sixth and Ditch, and I need an ambulance. The great love of my life has a malfunctioning G-tube.

C'mon Pudge. I'm teasing. You have to be tough. I didn't know how bad it was-- and I'm sorry, and they'll regret it-- but you have to be tough.