And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.

I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.

She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her social worker said I had to tell her. I had to tell her she would die, so I told her she was going to heaven. She asked if I would be there, and I said that I would not, not yet. But eventually, she said, and I promised that yes, of course, very soon. And I told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. And she asked me when I would be there, and I told her soon. Twenty-two years ago.

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.

I kind of conned you into believing you were falling in love with a healthy person.

I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.