We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other.

Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

Everyone performs bad actions... A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions.

We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from radiating influence even if we want to.

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

You only get to keep what you refuse to let go of.

A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write, because that was exactly how it felt. We could retell our stories and make them better, more representative or aspirational. Or we could choose to tell different stories. The world itself had another chance.