Go spit in the face of our inevitable obsolescence and finish your @#$&ng novel.

That smile could end wars and cure cancer.

Long week. Long month. Long life.

Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around the world for a while.

I realized that all my life, my values were based upon typical middle-class American values: hard work, doing good, living well, owning things, following the rules & being the best I can be... but God clearly says, "those are not MY values. I value justice, mercy & humility.

The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking.

It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back. I just looked at him and let him look at me until he nodded, lips pursed and turned away, placing the side of his head against the window.