I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

I think one of the most important differences between us is that you are excellent at living in a way that is commensurate with your values, whereas I am not. For instance, I didn’t recycle until I watched An Inconvenient Truth and I’m still sort of iffy on it. And also, I didn’t vote in 2000, even though I could have voted in Florida *hits self on head repeatedly* Ahh George Bush! It’s all my fault! God! So stupid! *sigh* Let’s change the subject. Also, we have vastly different happy dances.

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor.

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn't actually invent anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn't get smallpox.

Suffering is universal.

We are greater than the sum of our parts.