. . . Endlessness is a really strange idea in a universe that is defined by its endings.

For she had embodied the Great Perhaps--she had proved to me that it was worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes, and now she was gone and with her my faith in perhaps.

Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.

All of us, poor & rich alike, have been conditioned by our upbringings. Impoverished men & women may become lulled into a state of "learned helplessness" without hope to change their lives. Likewise, the wealthy can walk in a state of "learned blindness" ignoring the desperation of the local & global poor.

Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.

In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)

You may choose your song, but know this: Tiny. Cooper. Hates. Over. The. Rainbow.